Tathra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.71° S 149.98° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tathra sea temperature is

17.3°C

Tathra 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 Tathra today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 2PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (04 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	ENE 6	NE 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	NNE 5	ENE 9	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	63	68	76	76	61	54	44	28	14	290	435	509	542	454	481	224	153	117	88	51	35	33	25	47
Wind (km/h)	NNW	ENE	NE	E	SE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	WNW	NW	NW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	N	NW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide	5:29AM1.16m				5:20PM1.28m				6:16AM1.25m				6:18PM1.24m				6:56AM1.33m				7:09PM1.20m
Low Tide			11:16AM0.46m				11:52PM0.21m				12:18PM0.38m				00:34AM0.24m				1:11PM0.31m				1:11AM0.27m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	7:37
mm	—	—	—	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	19	19	18	16	15	13	12	14	18	20	19	15	13	10	10	12	16	18	18	17	15	14	12
Feels °C	14	17	16	17	17	11	10	7	8	11	13	12	9	10	8	8	10	13	15	14	15	14	13	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	ENE 7	S 4	ENE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NNE 5	NE 6
kJ	63	68	3	76	61	54	44	28	14	21	7	14	16	15	304	224	153	117	88	51	35	33	41	47
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	S 7	S 4	S 7	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 7	SSE 6
kJ	6	3	4	1	4	6	6	5	10	3	6	2	2	3	16	28	27	27	26	25	25	25	22	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	SE 12	S 7	S 4	N 11	N 11	—	SE 12	—	E 8	—	—	—	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 8
kJ	4	4	6	4	1	2	2	—	5	—	5	—	—	—	3	2	2	3	—	4	4	4	25	24
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	—	ENE 7	—	—	S 3	S 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	NNE 3	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	—	—
kJ	9	—	76	—	—	7	124	168	226	290	435	509	542	454	481	—	—	—	7	24	30	30	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	32	444	32	0	58	32	93	71	71	472	545	51	0	0	0	0	32	523	373	17	32	58	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1			2	3	3	2	1	1			1	1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	1	5	3	3	1	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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