The Cutting Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

The Cutting 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cutting sea temperature is
13.9° C
0.3° 

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 (12 Aug):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cutting at 12AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)--
Afternoon (12 Aug)--
Evening (12 Aug)10ft (3.0m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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)
4
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3
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Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
17
3
SW
17
2.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
4.5
SW
17
4
SW
17
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
5
SW
16
5
SW
16
5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4249
4161
3543
5607
7451
7911
8915
10886
9750
10727
10700
11713
12727
11356
10565
9882
9627
10546
Wind (km/h)
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:29PM0.97m
1:37PM0.94m
Low Tide
4:13AM0.16m
5:32AM0.12m
8:37PM0.44m
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cloud
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light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
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cloud
rain showers
cloud
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cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:20
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:50
5:51
 mm
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
11
12
11
11
12
12
12
11
12
11
12
13
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
5
5
4
5
4
4
5
5
7
6
6
5
6
8
8
8
8
9
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