The Cutting Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

The Cutting 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cutting sea temperature is
15.7°C
1.6° 

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 (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cutting at 3PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (05 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (05 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
2
4
3
3
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0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
11
1.8
SW
12
2.5
SW
11
2.4
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
11
2.1
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1622
897
1539
1358
1684
1684
1030
2053
2641
3398
4950
5650
5928
5846
5270
5000
5056
4663
4277
3883
3532
3344
3010
2757
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
30
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:52AM0.56m
00:57AM0.58m
11:10AM0.55m
00:42AM0.71m
11:31AM0.53m
00:58AM0.82m
Low Tide
6:16PM0.41m
6:31AM0.48m
5:34PM0.33m
7:07AM0.43m
5:40PM0.25m
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Temp °C
12
13
14
14
13
12
11
13
14
15
16
15
10
9
10
9
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
Feels °C
7
8
8
8
7
8
7
9
10
10
11
9
3
5
4
2
2
3
3
3
4
5
5
5
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