Tam O'Shanter surf break

Tam O'Shanter surfForecast / TAS – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Tam O'Shanter surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tam O'Shanter sea temperature is
17.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tam O'Shanter today?

The current surf forecast for Tam O'Shanter at 12PM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)19s
Afternoon (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Evening (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

Table - waves today at Tam O'Shanter. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.2
WNW
0.3
NW
1
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.1
NW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.1
NW
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)212019181817551661515151444551344131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1815151330474625251099888877777634
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
0
ENE
15
WNW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
WSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
25
NW
20
NW
10
N
25
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
15
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
2.44
2:05PM
2.43
3:03AM
2.52
2:56PM
2.47
3:44AM
2.60
3:46PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
0.98
8:33PM
0.42
9:02AM
0.88
9:18PM
0.41
9:48AM
0.75
10:02PM
0.41
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:42-------8:40-------8:39-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131315171819201412101116161717141211121416161614
Feels °C (?)1212161615151697581210121588891113131311
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