Tathra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.71° S 149.98° E

Issued: 4 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tathra sea temperature is

18.0°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 (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tathra at 10AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (11 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	!	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	S 6	E 9	E 8	NE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 8	S 7	S 8	SSW 8
Wave Graph
kJ	39	28	79	71	176	87	94	126	149	116	74	49	58	45	27	255	164	109	13	14	107	537	1364	763
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NNE	N	S	S	S	S	S	S	WSW	NNE	E	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				9:15AM1.43m				9:41PM1.23m				9:49AM1.44m				10:23PM1.15m				10:24AM1.43m
Low Tide		3:00AM0.23m				3:37PM0.18m				3:32AM0.29m				4:20PM0.18m				4:04AM0.36m					5:03PM0.21m


	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	13	13	14	18	19	19	18	16	15	16	18	26	30	27	17	14	13	12	12	12	16	15	12	11
Feels °C	12	12	13	15	15	16	17	16	13	13	15	23	27	24	13	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	6	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 6	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 8	ESE 8	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	27	24	79	71	50	50	56	20	149	116	74	35	22	45	27	13	13	13	13	14	21	43	37	38
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	NE 7	E 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 8	E 9	ENE 8	E 7	N 12	N 12
kJ	39	24	19	67	5	2	2	28	39	38	36	12	6	22	13	11	6	6	7	6	6	1	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	S 7	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	S 16	S 5	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	ENE 9	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	E 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	N 12	—	E 16
kJ	28	28	23	11	2	2	5	1	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	3	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	—	—	NE 6	NE 5	—	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 8	S 7	S 8	SSW 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	176	87	94	126	197	—	—	49	58	—	131	255	164	109	96	64	107	537	1364	763
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	32	412	165	17	0	0	0	0	17	17	17	171	171	91	51	51	37	17	0	91	403
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	4	6	6	6	5	4	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	5
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