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Tathra surf break

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
20.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tathra today?

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 1AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
S
2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
NE
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1488999999999667669999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)491976079878869055242131127526925529130342731414632533228123018112990
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
NNW
10
SW
25
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
35
SSE
30
SE
20
SSE
5
SSE
0
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
1.16
2:22PM
1.09
3:23AM
1.18
3:21PM
0.97
4:14AM
1.21
4:29PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
0.28
8:32AM
0.53
8:43PM
0.36
9:43AM
0.54
9:25PM
0.43
10:55AM
0.51
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----5:50-------5:52-------5:52---
Sunset8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262525242933212020181617172020181717161516191919
Feels °C (?)252422232732181618171513121513111315151414151415
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