Tathra surf break

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 21 Aug 2025 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
15.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tathra today?

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 3AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (22 Aug)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (22 Aug)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Thu
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
3
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.3
NE
2.1
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
NE
2
ENE
2.2
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
1.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
2
S
Period(s) (?)88889998888991010109101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)704765907104112252378774601150313685297158181019886768489760573266242230197757
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50PM
1.55
7:45AM
1.08
7:35PM
1.56
8:23AM
1.13
8:17PM
1.53
9:00AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
0.10
1:11PM
0.36
2:20AM
0.09
1:57PM
0.33
2:56AM
0.11
2:41PM
0.31
Thu
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------5:30-------5:31-------5:31
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111261---2262-----------
Temp. °C1616161514151616151414131415151612101099131614
Feels °C (?)131313121314141415141410111210128665591311
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Far South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tathra (calm at Bega 15 km from Tathra). 2.5m 8s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 48 min ago

2 km/h
SSW
Clean
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