Tallows Beach surf break

Tallows Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tallows Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 2AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (18 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


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Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
3
4
!
!
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
1.6
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)9881268778999121212121213121313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38353428164588439405486688645506117012111293123111641958171731653149295036952532
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
30
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
1.65
8:12AM
1.40
8:41PM
1.73
8:58AM
1.28
9:28PM
1.75
9:47AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
0.03
2:16PM
-0.03
3:09AM
0.04
2:55PM
0.01
4:05AM
0.09
3:37PM
0.07
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221212022222221211918172022212020181717202121
Feels °C (?)202019171618191818191716151820181818161415171717
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