The Cutting Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

The Cutting 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cutting sea temperature is
14.0° C
0.4° 

The Cutting 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 Cutting today (19 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cutting at 11PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)--
Afternoon (19 Aug)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (19 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
4
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.8
W
9
1.8
W
9
1.2
SW
13
1.9
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.9
W
10
2.5
WSW
14
1.6
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
17
3
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
674
631
543
536
544
505
525
1269
1279
555
694
2544
1215
1787
3848
3766
3680
3495
6526
5336
Wind (km/h)
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:26PM0.77m
4:06AM0.76m
2:29PM0.75m
4:46AM0.71m
2:22PM0.74m
Low Tide
9:12PM0.06m
9:18AM0.48m
9:33PM0.07m
9:23AM0.55m
9:53PM0.11m
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:09
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:55
5:57
5:58
 mm
2
1
6
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
15
13
13
12
10
11
12
11
11
9
9
9
10
10
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
9
10
9
7
7
7
6
7
7
6
7
5
4
4
5
6
7
8
8
9
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