Tamarama Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.90° S 151.28° E

Tamarama Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tamarama Reef sea temperature is
17.8° C
0.2° 

Tamarama Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tamarama Reef today (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tamarama Reef at 6AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
8
0.2
S
7
0.2
S
7
0.1
S
20
0.1
S
16
0.2
S
12
0.3
S
11
0.3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
149
146
114
77
75
52
35
28
16
16
9
10
10
11
10
9
5
4
4
8
5
12
23
21
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
W
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:08AM1.05m
6:18PM1.70m
7:09AM1.08m
7:12PM1.78m
8:05AM1.12m
8:04PM1.82m
Low Tide
00:15AM0.15m
11:39AM0.29m
1:13AM0.05m
12:36PM0.26m
2:06AM-0.03m
1:31PM0.24m
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
6:58
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5:00
5:01
5:01
 mm
Temp °C
13
12
12
12
16
16
13
12
11
11
11
14
18
19
16
13
13
12
13
14
19
19
16
14
Feels °C
8
6
6
5
9
9
7
6
4
5
5
8
13
15
11
9
10
8
8
9
14
14
11
8
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