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Lat Long: 34.32° S 150.93° E

Thirroul Surf Photo: 'Small Fun Barrels' by Damian Platt

Issued: 3 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Thirroul sea temperature is

18.2° C

0.7°

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	N	N	SSE	S
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNE	NNE	SSE	E
	10 s	cross	2 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NE	NE	SSE	E
	11 s	cross	3 s	11 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNE	NNE	SE	E
	10 s	cross	4 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNW	N	SE	S
	10 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNW	N	SSE	SE
	10 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NW	N	SSE	ENE
	10 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NW	N	SSE	SE
	10 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNW	NNE	SSE	SSE
	10 s	cross- off	4 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNE	NNE	SSE	SSE
	10 s	glass	4 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	ESE	NNE	SSE	NE
	10 s	on	5 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	NE
	12 s	cross- on	12 s	12 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSE	SSE	NE	ENE
	11 s	cross- on	11 s	5 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	NE
	11 s	cross- on	6 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	S	SSE	SSE
	11 s	cross- on	7 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	E		SSE	SSE
	11 s	on		7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	ENE	NE	SSE	SSE
	8 s	cross- on	5 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Thirroul around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 37 minutes before low water (falling spring tide). Tide height was 0.6m (1.8 ft). Range 1.88m (6.2 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Thirroul Surf Photo: 'Small Fun Barrels' by Damian Platt

A bit of fun down at Thirroul beach with myself in some small barrels. Took with a nikon d3200 set on a tripod filming.

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User: Damian Platt (1 photo)

Country: Australia (2655 photos)

Photo taken at: 9:30 am 16 Apr 2015