Tallows Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 3 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tallows Beach sea temperature is

20.4° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 6AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	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)	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	180	141	169	127	99	92	68	46	44	41	28	28	18	25	25	22	19	22	62	114	200	238	186	170
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	ENE	N	NNW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	S	ENE	NNE	W	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on
High Tide				7:09AM0.98m				7:36PM1.62m				7:45AM1.03m				8:09PM1.67m				8:20AM1.08m				8:41PM1.69m
Low Tide		1:41AM0.28m			12:51PM0.17m					2:14AM0.21m				1:29PM0.12m				2:45AM0.17m				2:05PM0.10m


	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	13	14	14	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	18	20	19	18	16	14	13	13	15	17	16	15	15
Feels °C	14	11	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	19	17	16	13	11	8	8	11	13	12	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	E 7	E 6	SSE 13
kJ	180	141	169	127	99	92	68	46	44	41	16	18	18	8	25	22	19	22	23	19	27	21	22	170
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 4	E 4	ENE 4	S 10	SE 8	E 6	E 6	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SE 7	E 12	E 7	E 7	NE 7	NE 8	E 6
kJ	30	28	27	3	6	6	17	16	11	17	28	28	17	5	8	8	4	2	3	8	14	19	9	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	NNE 3	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	SE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	E 12	S 15	E 13	E 13	E 13	SSE 14	NE 7
kJ	4	4	4	27	13	13	12	12	1	12	12	12	9	9	2	5	2	3	5	3	3	3	41	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 2	SSW 3	SW 3	SW 3	—	ENE 4	NE 4	NW 2	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	—	—	SW 2	S 3	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	—	1	4	2	4	—	3	4	1	—	—	—	—	25	—	—	2	11	62	114	200	238	186	131
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	6	2	6	0	1	0	0	6	0	6	6	6	258	211	211	225	93	14	14	14	14	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					1	1	1	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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