The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 4 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

20.1°C

The Cliff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Cliff today (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 8AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (12 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s

Table - waves today at The Cliff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	E 9	SE 6	E 8	E 8	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 7	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	19	15	13	12	12	12	53	38	43	33	32	17	13	53	102	126	263	532	1009	1242	1016	708	460	418
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NE	NNE	SSW	SW	NNE	NNW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide				10:00AM1.64m				10:21PM1.31m				10:36AM1.63m				10:59PM1.22m					11:12AM1.60m
Low Tide		3:39AM0.25m				4:25PM0.24m				4:10AM0.31m					5:07PM0.30m			4:41AM0.39m					5:51PM0.37m


	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:02	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	22	29	33	32	28	25	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	16	16	16	17	17
Feels °C	20	19	19	26	30	27	26	22	20	20	20	16	17	19	18	15	12	9	8	9	10	10	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	E 8	ESE 8	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 8
kJ	17	15	9	8	3	12	6	38	43	33	32	17	11	22	14	14	14	12	14	16	16	13	13	333
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	SE 8	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	E 9	S 16	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	N 11	NNE 7	NE 6	E 15	SSE 15	S 13
kJ	5	3	3	12	12	6	6	9	8	10	7	3	13	5	7	7	7	7	2	4	2	4	22	92
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	S 6	E 9	ENE 4	ENE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	E 9	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	E 8	SE 7	S 16	S 16	—	S 15	—	—	—	N 11	E 15	E 15	E 8
kJ	13	6	13	2	3	3	1	6	2	2	2	12	2	5	5	—	4	—	—	—	2	4	4	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	—	—	—	—	ENE 4	ENE 5	S 2	—	—	—	—	S 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 8
kJ	19	—	—	—	—	10	53	1	—	—	—	—	6	53	102	126	263	532	1009	1242	1016	708	460	418
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	94	94	116	94	78	0	7	2	0	0	38	42	7	42	110	243	312	210	257	243	243	42	41
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Rating (10 max)	1					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1								3	3
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