Tallows Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 9 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tallows Beach sea temperature is

20.8°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 (15 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 3PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed night, light winds from the SW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 15						Wednesday 16								Thursday 17
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 6	SSE 10	S 5	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	90	64	63	38	31	31	39	18	147	619	1029	1282	2093	3386	3362	2884	2398	2050	1663	1422	1230	1053
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			10:20AM1.43m				10:20PM1.14m				11:03AM1.36m				10:58PM1.00m				11:54AM1.29m
Low Tide					4:34PM0.32m				4:24AM0.21m				5:24PM0.43m				4:59AM0.30m				6:26PM0.52m


	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	20	22	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	17	18	17	17	15	12	12	16	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	16	18	19	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	10	11	9	8	8	5	6	10	10	12	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 6	E 13	E 13	E 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 13	E 12
kJ	25	64	63	38	23	24	39	49	15	15	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	2	6	6	3	3
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	E 6	NE 12	E 12	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 6	E 14	E 13	S 17	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 13	NE 13	NE 16	—
kJ	90	16	5	3	31	31	18	18	18	4	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	10	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 11	E 15	E 15	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 14	E 14	S 17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 19	NE 16
kJ	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 2	NNE 3	NE 4	NE 5	N 4	N 4	NNW 4	—	S 5	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	1	3	24	62	40	40	27	—	147	619	1029	1282	2093	3386	3362	2884	2398	2050	1663	1422	1230	1053
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	4	4	3	3	5	3	2	4	3
Distance (km)	0	26	230	1725	230	14	0	1	181	257	1331	1331	996	800	88	2	2	163	91	91	14	14
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Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	1	1							4	4	4	5	4	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

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