Tathra surf break

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 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
20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tathra today?

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 5PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
1.3
NNE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)8101010166151414141414141414131313131214141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5849684669106171214268250288253243243299229222219189178289289269336
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
N
20
NE
15
NE
10
NW
10
N
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
5
WNW
10
SW
15
W
15
WSW
5
NE
5
NE
20
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
on
glassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.85
1:30AM
1.20
3:05PM
0.87
2:35AM
1.21
4:06PM
0.92
3:36AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
0.41
6:47PM
0.63
8:49AM
0.40
7:59PM
0.64
9:47AM
0.37
9:13PM
0.61
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:18-------6:20-------6:20-------
Sunset---5:43-------5:42-------5:39----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C16222423232321232327262117171614121820201512119
Feels °C (?)1620222222222021212625191617161291417189886
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