Tamarama Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.90° S 151.28° E

Issued: 9 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tamarama Reef sea temperature is

18.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tamarama Reef today (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tamarama Reef at 1PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (02 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun morning, calm by Sun night).
	Friday 2						Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 7	S 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	129	96	96	70	68	68	96	117	114	96	96	90	139	472	580	280	287	232	212	184	246	295
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	SSE	S	SSW	S	ESE	NE	NNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	N	N	WNW	WSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide			12:01PM1.48m					1:03AM0.97m				1:10PM1.43m				3:28AM0.95m				2:26PM1.41m
Low Tide	5:22AM0.39m					7:01PM0.25m			6:26AM0.47m					8:19PM0.26m				7:45AM0.51m				9:34PM0.24m


	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:59	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1	—	6	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	19	18	18	17	16	15	18	17	17	16	17
Feels °C	17	16	17	18	19	19	18	20	19	16	15	17	16	16	17	15	13	16	12	13	13	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 5	ENE 7	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 8	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 8
kJ	129	96	96	70	68	68	96	5	114	2	2	2	12	230	247	280	287	232	212	184	173	295
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 14	S 14	S 14	ENE 8
kJ	7	7	7	6	6	4	5	8	5	6	6	6	5	33	73	78	76	54	4	4	4	173
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	—	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 15	E 18	—	—	S 15
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	4	17	20	5	4	6	—	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 3	S 3	S 4	S 4	—	—	ENE 8	—	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	—	—	SSW 2	S 8	S 7	S 7	—
kJ	—	2	3	5	6	—	—	117	—	96	96	90	139	472	580	—	—	1	140	171	246	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	24	21	11	1	2	37	20	0	0	37	25	29	13	0	0	0	11	174	74	11	11
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Rating (10 max)	1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1					1	2	2					2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	3	1	1	4	4	5	5	5	1	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7

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