Tathra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.71° S 149.98° E

Issued: 3 am 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tathra sea temperature is

17.4°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 (03 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 7AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (03 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 3								Sunday 4								Monday 5
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 10	NE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	145	125	105	169	226	250	260	215	393	341	327	343	397	365	323	228	253	201	227	206	206	273	281	348
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	W	NNW	NE	NE	NW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	S	S	WNW	NW	WNW	W	E	ENE	NE	NE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide		1:17AM0.96m				1:12PM1.41m				3:38AM0.95m				2:25PM1.39m				3:53AM0.99m				3:37PM1.40m
Low Tide			6:33AM0.50m					8:23PM0.23m				7:49AM0.53m				9:35PM0.21m				9:10AM0.52m


	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	15	15	14	13	16	17	17	15	13	12	11	12	15	17	18	17	15
Feels °C	16	15	16	17	15	16	18	13	13	12	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	14	15	16	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 7	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	145	125	105	169	226	250	216	215	393	341	327	343	250	224	173	173	163	201	227	206	206	51	281	348
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 15	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 7	SE 8	SE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	NE 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	SE 6	S 7	S 7
kJ	6	38	100	105	121	137	4	176	116	93	156	46	9	15	10	8	201	110	87	87	69	2	36	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 15	S 15	—	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 12	E 18	—	S 15	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 6	E 16	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	3	6	6	20	18	4	—	5	5	4	4	4	3	7	—	4	8	7	4	4	2	5	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	WSW 3	—	—	—	—	NE 7	—	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	NE 2	NE 4	NE 8	NE 4	—
kJ	3	6	—	—	—	—	260	—	11	25	126	130	397	365	323	228	253	—	—	1	10	273	17	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	22	17	0	26	0	0	26	26	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	32	22	165	17	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1		2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	6	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	5

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