Tathra surf break

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 AEST
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Tathra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tathra sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tathra today?

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 3PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
2
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
E
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1010101099101211111111111111111111111011101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)637373339489488488520104099010081008115111931167935792663617505416344290241204
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
0
SW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
W
0
NW
15
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
1.06
11:24PM
1.55
12:41PM
1.00
12:26AM
1.48
1:55PM
0.98
1:34AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
0.06
4:53PM
0.42
6:28AM
0.11
5:53PM
0.49
7:36AM
0.15
7:03PM
0.54
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:28-------6:30-------6:31-------
Sunset---5:27-------5:25-------5:24----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121517161615151515161717161414141416181817151514
Feels °C (?)101315141515151514161515151313131315151615141412
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