Tallows Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 4 am 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tallows Beach sea temperature is

21.8°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 (09 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 7AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s
Evening (09 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the N by Wed afternoon).
	Monday 9								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu 12
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	!	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	1742	1553	1431	1292	1242	1277	1316	1411	1500	1474	1324	1198	955	839	680	572	505	496	400	339	255	173	135	92	88	86
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SW	S	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	NW	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	glassy	glassy	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
High Tide				8:36AM1.61m				8:43PM1.13m				9:12AM1.62m				9:21PM1.07m				9:48AM1.60m				9:59PM1.01m
Low Tide		2:02AM0.09m				3:04PM0.21m				2:34AM0.12m				3:45PM0.21m				3:07AM0.15m				4:25PM0.24m				3:41AM0.19m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	14	15	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	22	23	23	21	20	19	19	21	26	27	25	21	22	21	21
Feels °C	12	10	11	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	20	25	24	22	23	21	19	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	N 7
kJ	49	1175	1202	1292	1242	1277	1316	1411	1500	1474	1324	1198	955	839	680	572	505	496	400	339	255	173	135	92	88	272
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 9
kJ	19	48	47	46	44	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	36	20	20	20	20	19	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	86
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	E 9	—	N 16	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	S 12	N 15	NE 10	NE 10	N 15	E 10
kJ	—	19	31	31	31	34	35	35	35	35	30	30	15	—	5	18	18	18	18	17	11	4	4	4	4	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 11	NNE 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	—
kJ	1742	1553	1431	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	78	50	78	83	90	86	89	89	169	314	221	291	315	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	230	230	192	93	89	0	14	14	928	169	0	215	84	14
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			3	3	3	3	1	1		2	1		1	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	1	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	8	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4

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