Tam O'Shanter Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.03° S 146.94° E

Tam O'Shanter 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tam O'Shanter sea temperature is
12.7° C
0.2° 

Tam O'Shanter surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tam O'Shanter today (11 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tam O'Shanter at 7PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)--
Afternoon (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (11 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NW
14
1.2
WNW
5
1.1
WNW
6
1.1
NW
6
1.3
NW
6
2
NW
7
1.9
NW
7
2.1
NW
7
1.7
NW
7
1.5
WNW
7
1.3
NW
7
1.3
WNW
7
1.2
WNW
6
1.2
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.2
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
83
77
72
128
366
371
492
318
237
162
158
113
100
115
145
130
103
80
75
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:20PM2.80m
10:27AM2.61m
10:25PM2.78m
11:28AM2.64m
Low Tide
3:58AM0.12m
4:21PM0.76m
5:00AM0.16m
5:26PM0.71m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:27
5:28
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
12
12
12
11
12
11
11
11
10
9
9
10
11
12
13
14
12
11
Feels °C
6
6
7
6
5
4
5
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
5
6
7
9
6
6
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