Tathra Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Far South (39 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.71° S 149.98° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 31 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tathra today (01 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 2AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (01 Jun)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 31		Monday 1								Tuesday 2								Wednesday 3
	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	NNE 6	E 9	NNE 6	E 9	NE 7	ENE 10	E 9	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	154	151	117	117	115	88	90	90	87	85	85	90	91	172	63	117	44	156	32	44	51	51	33	33
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	NE	NE	NNW	NW	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:09PM1.45m				9:05AM0.98m				8:47PM1.45m				9:47AM0.97m				9:26PM1.43m					10:29AM0.95m
Low Tide				3:04AM0.20m				2:18PM0.47m				3:45AM0.20m				2:56PM0.49m					4:26AM0.22m			3:36PM0.51m


	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:03	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:51
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	10	9	8	8	12	15	15	12	12	11	10	10	14	19	16	15	13	14	14	13	17	18	16
Feels °C	9	6	5	4	5	9	11	11	9	9	9	7	7	11	16	13	12	10	11	12	10	12	12	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6
kJ	154	151	117	117	115	88	90	90	87	85	85	90	90	65	63	61	44	156	146	93	42	31	21	19
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSW 9	S 4	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 10	ENE 10	E 9	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
kJ	57	27	10	18	33	78	22	15	15	14	12	19	18	10	9	4	1	48	32	44	51	51	33	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 9	—	—	—	SSW 10	SSW 9	S 9	SE 11	S 8	SE 11	SE 11	ESE 10	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	NE 8
kJ	—	—	16	—	—	—	19	8	6	5	5	5	4	9	3	3	3	2	8	8	8	7	7	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	SW 4	W 3	SW 4	SSW 5	WNW 3	—	—	NNE 3	N 3	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	W 4
kJ	121	17	3	14	19	1	—	—	3	3	5	25	91	172	190	117	158	15	9	8	13	11	14	18
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	17	17	0	20	0	0	22	0	20	20	0	20	20	17
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	1	3	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	2	2	2	4	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4

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