The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
21.3°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at The Cliff today (09 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 8PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Nov)--
Afternoon (09 Nov)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (09 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning).

Mon
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
3
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.4
SSE
11
2.2
SSE
11
2.1
SSE
11
2.1
SE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SE
8
0.8
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1773
2241
1704
1626
1436
1436
1262
1082
999
972
674
541
457
448
376
282
237
182
194
129
102
88
Wind (km/h)
30
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
5
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SW
25
E
20
NE
15
NE
5
SE
10
SE
10
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
on
cross-on
High Tide
9:21PM1.26m
9:32AM1.71m
10:00PM1.21m
10:08AM1.71m
10:41PM1.17m
Low Tide
3:29PM0.27m
3:00AM0.35m
4:10PM0.27m
3:34AM0.39m
4:51PM0.30m
4:08AM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
17
16
16
15
12
13
18
20
20
19
18
16
16
16
24
21
19
20
20
19
20
Feels °C
9
11
12
14
13
10
12
17
16
15
15
16
16
15
15
24
18
17
20
21
19
21
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