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Tamarama Reef surf break

Tamarama Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Tamarama Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tamarama Reef sea temperature is
22.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tamarama Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarama Reef at 2AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Tamarama Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
!
!
!
2
2
1
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
2
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.4
ENE
1.9
NE
2.4
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
1.7
ENE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
3
NE
1.7
ENE
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)677777778899988888777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)170198368371353327207352699160512481188402288230179981365414442427478531535
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
40
NE
45
NNE
30
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
45
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
1.17
1:22PM
1.26
2:27AM
1.19
2:12PM
1.11
3:19AM
1.21
3:10PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
0.18
7:19AM
0.48
7:56PM
0.26
8:24AM
0.53
8:36PM
0.34
9:36AM
0.55
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----5:52-------5:54-------5:54---
Sunset8:08-------8:08-------8:08-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C242321202124252524242324283536353221212121201919
Feels °C (?)202120202022232018222323243034333015161516161414
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