The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 10 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

20.8°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 (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 2PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16						Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	354	370	349	456	486	476	456	396	396	388	216	343	231	215	230	235	182	199	210	201	212	115
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	N	E	E	E	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide			12:32PM1.49m				1:20AM1.00m				1:20PM1.43m					2:29AM0.97m				2:15PM1.38m
Low Tide	5:49AM0.57m				7:31PM0.49m				6:33AM0.66m					8:31PM0.52m			7:31AM0.73m					9:34PM0.52m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—
mm	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	17	18	19	18	18
Feels °C	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	15	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 12	SSE 12	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	E 10	SE 8
kJ	354	74	123	456	486	476	456	396	396	388	216	343	231	215	230	235	182	199	210	201	17	115
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 12	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	E 5	SE 11	E 10	E 10	ESE 12	E 10
kJ	14	18	17	17	19	19	23	18	18	18	71	53	52	116	44	43	13	43	18	17	14	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 10	S 16	S 16	S 15	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 11	E 10	ENE 10	SE 12	SE 10	ESE 12
kJ	18	—	—	—	—	—	18	5	5	4	18	18	18	17	17	17	43	18	22	6	16	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSE 9	SE 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	—	E 5	E 5	—	—	—	—	ESE 8	E 5
kJ	—	370	349	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	28	22	16	—	21	29	—	—	—	—	212	28
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	78	268	510	510	222	268	222	133	133	268	268	133	135	128	33	33	0	33	133	268	88	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Box Head														Umina Point	Umina Point	Umina Point	Box Beach				Umina Point
Rating (10 max)	2														2	2	2	2				1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	7	5	4

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