Tallows Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 3 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tallows Beach sea temperature is

20.7°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 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tallows Beach at 11AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 9								Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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)	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	542	488	436	380	328	352	311	273	257	358	865	1357	1648	1286	1352	1157	1055	907	834	741	450	414	414	538
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SW	S	E	NE	NNE	ESE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on
High Tide			6:22AM1.15m				6:44PM1.77m					7:05AM1.26m				7:25PM1.76m				7:46AM1.36m				8:02PM1.69m
Low Tide	00:41AM0.09m				12:11PM0.06m					1:19AM0.03m			12:58PM0.01m					1:52AM0.00m				1:42PM0.01m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	2	—	—	1
Temp °C	16	16	16	18	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	18	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	18	19	18	17
Feels °C	13	14	14	17	18	16	16	18	15	12	10	10	12	11	12	12	13	11	13	13	14	15	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 12	SE 11	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 14	SE 10	S 23	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 19	E 13	S 9	S 10	S 10	E 9
kJ	542	488	436	380	328	352	311	273	56	60	14	14	4	50	42	52	99	154	117	4	450	414	414	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 12	E 8	ENE 8	S 20	S 18	S 23	E 9	E 15	E 9	E 15	E 9	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14
kJ	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	38	13	14	8	6	11	14	4	7	4	6	4	4	4	4	15	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	E 16	ESE 13	E 9	NE 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	S 23	E 15	E 15	—	E 14	N 16	N 16	S 22	S 22	S 21	S 21
kJ	5	2	2	2	2	5	17	13	1	4	4	4	4	11	4	4	—	4	5	5	9	9	9	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NE 6	NE 4	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	ESE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	SSE 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	6	257	358	865	1357	1648	1286	1352	1157	1055	907	834	741	250	217	173	538
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	2	3	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	1	1	2	1	1	230	0	1	1	14	14	258	341	273	54	14	14	14	2	14	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	3				4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	9	8
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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