Tam O'Shanter surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than 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 7AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.5
N
1
N
1.2
N
1.2
NNW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1.5
NW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
NW
2.4
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
NW
Period(s) (?)665514141414141445666666788899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4223117888888848918743401382882893266931082947607
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
SE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NW
30
NW
20
W
35
WSW
25
WNW
45
WNW
45
W
40
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
2.54
4:24PM
2.60
4:18AM
2.53
5:02PM
2.57
4:55AM
2.51
5:40PM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.37
10:23PM
0.79
10:38AM
0.38
11:00PM
0.82
11:16AM
0.41
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:33-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset-----5:53-------5:52-------5:50--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------211221121321-
Temp. °C111010141413121212131416171716171714121212121110
Feels °C (?)756121210101010111112131414151310563223
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