Tamarama Reef surf break

Tamarama Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
23.2° 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 4PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.8
S
0.4
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111111010106666688897886664
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7166575555341233052777771241921435522633120211626
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.50
8:27PM
1.27
8:29AM
1.53
9:03PM
1.37
9:10AM
1.52
9:40PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.25
2:54PM
0.07
3:00AM
0.18
3:28PM
0.05
3:45AM
0.13
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:09-------7:07----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------13221---214444124
Temp. °C222530262323232221212122222222212122222020212020
Feels °C (?)222427222122232321212122222323222122221819211919
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