The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
18.7° C
0.1° 

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 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 11PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (09 Jul)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.7
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.3
SE
10
1.3
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
0.9
ESE
12
0.9
ESE
11
1
ESE
11
1.2
SE
10
1.2
ESE
10
1.1
SE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
673
602
673
566
502
492
414
513
569
580
520
469
408
320
266
225
207
193
218
304
261
220
164
134
Wind (km/h)
10
S
5
SE
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
3:28PM1.51m
3:48AM1.18m
4:29PM1.62m
5:04AM1.16m
5:30PM1.73m
6:15AM1.19m
Low Tide
10:03PM0.52m
9:44AM0.45m
11:16PM0.43m
10:44AM0.44m
00:23AM0.32m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:54
6:54
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5:00
5:00
5:00
5:01
 mm
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
16
14
14
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
13
12
11
12
16
17
16
14
13
12
12
15
Feels °C
13
14
15
13
13
11
11
12
13
14
14
14
11
10
9
9
13
13
13
11
9
7
7
8
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