Tathra surf break

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 18 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tathra today?

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 12PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
3
3
5
4
4
4
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111121212121111111212121212121212121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104612301646253623382071270217151605150922692308223320811978209418551665146512081054934857770
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
1.29
8:52PM
1.60
9:35AM
1.22
9:38PM
1.61
10:31AM
1.14
10:28PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
0.21
3:29AM
0.03
3:15PM
0.27
4:24AM
0.03
4:02PM
0.34
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:26-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:28----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111517161412111010141616151211111014161615131212
Feels °C (?)69101098877111313131099812141314121111
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