Tathra surf break

Tathra surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 20 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tathra today?

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 10AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (20 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.9
SE
2
SE
2
SE
2
SE
2
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
Period(s) (?)1212121211111111111110101010991010111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1978202718241637144012081074952857784637373339489449449437730884901932915990915
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:31AM
1.14
10:28PM
1.60
11:33AM
1.06
11:24PM
1.55
12:41PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
0.03
4:02PM
0.34
5:23AM
0.06
4:53PM
0.42
6:28AM
0.11
5:53PM
0.49
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:28-------6:28-------6:30-----
Sunset-----5:28-------5:27-------5:25--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111110141616161312121215171716141313131617181715
Feels °C (?)998121414151211111014151616141212121515161514
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