The Cutting Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

The Cutting 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cutting sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.6° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cutting at 9PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)--
Afternoon (11 Sep)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (11 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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)
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5
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSW
15
4
SSW
16
4
SSW
16
4
SSW
16
4
SSW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
16
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6192
7330
7713
7908
7262
6283
5578
4874
4189
3828
3557
3162
2792
2424
2295
2226
2129
1832
1610
1421
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
12:56PM0.82m
00:33AM0.67m
1:01PM0.79m
1:03AM0.78m
1:07PM0.77m
Low Tide
7:09PM0.34m
6:37AM0.20m
7:04PM0.26m
7:08AM0.22m
7:12PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:15
6:16
 mm
Temp °C
13
14
12
13
11
12
12
13
18
19
18
17
15
15
16
17
21
21
18
17
Feels °C
10
10
8
10
7
9
10
11
16
16
15
14
11
10
10
11
17
18
16
16
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