Tallows Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 10 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tallows Beach sea temperature is

21.1°C

Tallows Beach 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 Tallows Beach today (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 5PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

Table - waves today at Tallows Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 19°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Mon afternoon).
	Saturday 10						Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	260	209	160	120	86	59	56	37	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	W	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:22AM1.49m				8:31PM1.44m				8:58AM1.55m				9:07PM1.34m				9:34AM1.57m				9:42PM1.23m
Low Tide				2:30PM0.11m				2:41AM0.03m				3:12PM0.13m				3:10AM0.06m				3:53PM0.17m


	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	19	24	24	20	20	20	20	19	19	24	24	23	21	21	20	20	20	25	26	22	21	22
Feels °C	16	21	23	22	20	19	19	19	19	23	23	22	20	21	20	21	20	23	23	20	20	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNE 6	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	260	209	160	92	86	59	56	40	43	55	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 8	SSE 8	E 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12
kJ	14	14	14	120	30	27	26	37	23	24	13	13	12	11	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 10	NE 11	NE 16	NE 16	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6
kJ	3	10	9	30	5	10	9	25	25	22	7	7	7	4	6	6	6	6	1	1	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5
kJ	219	178	134	144	57	45	49	65	72	75	58	75	62	58	48	46	37	37	103	130	81	81
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	169	14	6	0	0	14	14	0	6	6	1336	732	322	14	14	14	14	220	596	720	14	69
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1				1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	2	2	2	3	5	6	8	9	9	8	8	4	4	6	6	5	5	4	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	4	5	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	5	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	6

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