Tallows Beach surf break

Tallows Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Tallows Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tallows Beach sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tallows Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 2PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (23 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (23 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)99910101010101010101211111111101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20221625923525025029424524520124926624424023122317416412312290906864
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
SE
30
S
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
1.53
9:42PM
1.12
10:09AM
1.51
10:17PM
1.05
10:46AM
1.47
10:55PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.23
3:35AM
0.17
4:40PM
0.28
4:07AM
0.22
5:23PM
0.33
4:41AM
0.28
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise6:01-------6:00-------5:58-------
Sunset---6:58-------6:59-------7:00----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C232724222120191819232423212120202122222121212121
Feels °C (?)242821201919181820232222222120202122211920212323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Tallows Beach (strong winds from the S at Cape Byron Automatic Weather Station 2 km from Tallows Beach). 1.0m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.8m 4s local chop from the S and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the ESE. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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1 h 22 min ago

48 km/h
S
Cross-On
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