Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tata Beach today (30 Oct):
The current surf forecast for Tata Beach at 5AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri morning, calm by Sat night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | Sunday 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | NW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 11 | W 4 | NW 13 | NW 14 | NW 14 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 3 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | NW 6 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 4 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 54 | 49 | 23 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:59PM4.10m | 12:27PM4.16m | 00:50AM3.89m | 1:16PM3.94m | 1:48AM3.65m | 2:15PM3.70m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:44AM0.73m | 6:06PM0.76m | 6:37AM0.90m | 7:05PM1.03m | 7:34AM1.09m | 8:20PM1.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
Feels °C | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NW 8 | — | WNW 15 | NW 15 | NW 12 | NW 13 | NW 14 | NW 14 | NW 14 | NW 14 | NW 14 | NW 14 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 3 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 14 | NW 14 | — | N 16 | N 16 |
| kJ | 43 | 43 | 31 | — | 146 | 112 | 190 | 230 | 234 | 158 | 160 | 97 | 100 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | — | 5 | 5 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 14 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NNW 15 | NNW 15 | NNW 8 | NW 12 | — | — | — | ENE 4 | NNE 4 | — | NW 7 | NW 14 | NW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | N 7 | — | — | — | N 16 |
| kJ | 20 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 37 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 53 | 53 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | — | — | NNW 15 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | S 6 | — | — | NNW 7 | — | — | — | N 9 | NW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 11 | 20 | 21 | — | — | 22 | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | NW 15 | NW 8 | WNW 11 | W 4 | — | WSW 3 | — | — | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | — | — | — | — | NW 6 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 4 |
| kJ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 309 | 129 | 256 | 13 | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 20 | 54 | 49 | 23 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 156 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 156 | 195 | 115 | 488 | 180 | 55 | 55 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 97 | 60 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 175 | 171 | 57 | 48 |
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