Bennetts Beach
New South Wales · Australia
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Bennetts Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through october–april.
Today's surf at Bennetts Beach
Updated 12:05 spot time
Bennetts Beach surf report for Thursday 1 Oct: waves 1.0 m–1.5 m head high to overhead, 0.8 m SSE swell at 8.9 s. Wind up to 23 km/h ENE. Water 20°C. Best surf window around 12:00 — good (3.5/5) with 15 km/h ENE wind.
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10-day forecast
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Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~19.9°C (67.8°F) on average
Jan
23.3°C
73.9°F · 20.9–25.1°C
Feb
24.1°C
75.4°F · 22.3–26.2°C
Mar
24°C
75.2°F · 21.7–26.1°C
Apr
23.1°C
73.6°F · 21.3–25.1°C
May
21.9°C
71.4°F · 19.6–23.8°C
Jun
20.2°C
68.4°F · 18.5–21.7°C
Jul
19.2°C
66.6°F · 17.4–20.8°C
Aug
18.6°C
65.5°F · 17.5–20°C
Sep
18.9°C
66°F · 17.8–19.9°C
Oct
19.9°C
67.8°F · 18.4–21.5°C
Nov
20.8°C
69.4°F · 19.4–23.5°C
Dec
22.1°C
71.8°F · 20–23.9°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
E–S
Best wind
W–N
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
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