Tamarama Reef surf break

Tamarama Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 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
23.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than 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: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (25 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (25 Dec)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
1.1
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
S
2.3
SSE
2.3
S
2.1
SSE
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)5566111110109111111111110111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31521702078949879019856751599247620552379213715351185991834786697814593602614
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
40
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
1.05
12:14PM
1.44
1:22AM
1.09
1:00PM
1.36
2:15AM
1.15
1:54PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
0.17
5:53AM
0.47
7:06PM
0.18
6:48AM
0.50
7:48PM
0.19
7:53AM
0.52
Wed
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise----5:41-------5:41-------5:43---
Sunset8:06-------8:06-------8:07-------
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-----1------------
Temp. °C232018191918171717171616161616171717171617171818
Feels °C (?)2115141718141211121211119910111213141314131413
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