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Tamarama Reef surf break

Tamarama Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 23 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tamarama Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarama Reef at 3AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)99999999991010111111111114131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4774003913442942872432221992432994354525315714193429431042144583573914071361
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NE
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
N
30
S
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
1.24
12:37PM
1.34
1:34AM
1.28
1:30PM
1.21
2:29AM
1.32
2:35PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
0.13
6:33AM
0.40
7:07PM
0.17
7:35AM
0.43
7:52PM
0.23
8:48AM
0.43
Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise----6:07-------6:07-------6:09---
Sunset8:06-------8:05-------8:05-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019181821222222212121222526252323222121212222
Feels °C (?)171818181820191920212223242525232224191718181919
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