Tathra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.71° S 149.98° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tathra sea temperature is

17.8°C

Tathra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tathra today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 10AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 7	SE 8	NE 5	NE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	255	217	217	302	264	258	221	205	135	135	109	129	169	115	136	120	82	80	78	100	43	52	47	71
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	N	WNW	WNW	ENE	NE	NE	NE	N	NW	NW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide	00:40AM0.93m				12:25PM1.29m				1:38AM0.88m				1:16PM1.24m					2:45AM0.86m				2:17PM1.20m
Low Tide			5:51AM0.55m				7:31PM0.36m				6:38AM0.60m					8:32PM0.39m			7:38AM0.64m					9:34PM0.40m


	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:17	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	14	16	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	18	18	17	17	16
Feels °C	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	14	13	13	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 7	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	255	217	217	302	264	258	221	205	135	135	109	129	169	115	136	120	82	80	78	100	43	45	44	33
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 11	E 5	SE 11	ENE 4	SE 11	ENE 10	SE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 10	E 5	NE 4	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11
kJ	23	108	147	9	9	18	20	59	16	42	18	59	20	59	21	21	27	11	11	26	33	22	22	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 13	E 13	E 13	S 16	ENE 10	SE 11	ENE 10	SE 11	ENE 10	S 13	ENE 10	S 12	S 11	ENE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 10	E 13	ESE 10	E 12	E 11
kJ	9	9	9	3	3	4	5	20	43	20	58	20	3	20	3	2	21	27	27	22	4	9	3	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 3	NE 4	ENE 5	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	N 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	4	10	17	6	12	24	14	9	7	15	31	31	25	14	7	9	25	52	47	71
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Merimbula Bar NSW - Far South	Merimbula Bar NSW - Far South	Bunga Head NSW - Far South	Merimbula Bar NSW - Far South	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Rennies Beach NSW - South Coast	Aragunnu Beach NSW - Far South	Aragunnu Beach NSW - Far South	Bunga Head NSW - Far South	Tathra NSW - Far South	Tathra NSW - Far South	Merimbula Bar NSW - Far South	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Bunga Head NSW - Far South	Bunga Head NSW - Far South	Tathra NSW - Far South	Tathra NSW - Far South	Tathra NSW - Far South	Rennies Beach NSW - South Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Cowrie Beach VIC - Phillip Island	Bunga Head NSW - Far South	Tathra NSW - Far South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	22	22	17	22	182	156	32	32	17	0	0	22	182	182	17	17	0	0	0	156	182	471	17	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Far South New South Wales	Merimbula Bar	Pink Rocks	Pink Rocks	Aragunnu Beach			Aragunnu Beach	South Broulee	Mills Point	Pink Rocks	Bears Beach	Aragunnu Beach			Aragunnu Beach	North Broulee	Pink Rocks	Pink Rocks	Bears Beach				South Broulee	Bears Beach
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	2			1	1	1	1	1				1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Ethel Wreck SA - Yorke Peninsula	Ethel Wreck SA - Yorke Peninsula	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Luna Park VIC - Far West
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5

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