Tam O'Shanter surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 30 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
17.7° 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 10PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)--
Afternoon (30 Jan)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
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 (?)
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.1
NW
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)451111111212121212124561155566661112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)542223333341626462000554519655
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
2.60
9:52AM
2.80
11:01PM
2.57
10:54AM
2.76
12:03AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.80
4:31PM
0.12
4:51AM
0.82
5:33PM
0.16
5:55AM
0.81
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:16-------6:16-------6:18-
Sunset--8:34-------8:32-------8:31-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C18191817151415181919181715131517161614111091013
Feels °C (?)16181817141315181917161311898776555710
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