Tip Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.58° S 149.75° E

Tip Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 17 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tip Beach sea temperature is
14.5° C
0.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Tip Beach today (17 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tip Beach at 1PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (17 Aug)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (17 Aug)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
1.1
ENE
5
1.1
ENE
5
0.8
E
6
1.1
ENE
6
1
ENE
6
1
ENE
6
1.3
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
1.2
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
96
69
51
87
81
56
55
55
48
46
30
35
52
66
46
74
65
65
101
172
182
128
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:33AM1.24m
11:48PM1.11m
12:15PM1.23m
00:42AM0.99m
1:01PM1.21m
Low Tide
5:15AM0.28m
5:47PM0.37m
5:50AM0.38m
6:45PM0.41m
6:27AM0.47m
7:50PM0.43m
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:27
5:28
 mm
Temp °C
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
16
14
13
14
14
13
12
15
18
16
15
16
Feels °C
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
12
11
10
11
11
10
8
10
12
11
12
13
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