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Tamarama Reef surf break

Tamarama Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 14 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
23.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tamarama Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarama Reef at 6PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.5
S
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
SSE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.3
S
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)888956666666688888879988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75891275266779711395100104173239567564629319207170284516459230138
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
25
S
20
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
1.33
6:32PM
0.89
6:43AM
1.39
7:25PM
0.92
7:26AM
1.45
8:09PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.42
11:54PM
0.47
1:41PM
0.35
12:43AM
0.45
2:22PM
0.28
1:29AM
0.41
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise5:56-------5:58-------5:58-------
Sunset----8:08-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----4-11-111-----------
Temp. °C222323222120212022232223222120202122232222222122
Feels °C (?)212120191816202021212020201922222421221919201820
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