Quarantine Bay
New South Wales · Australia
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Quarantine Bay is a SE-facing sand beach on the Tasman Sea coastline near New South Wales — it picks up NE–S swell and turns cleanest in a W–NW wind, with the most consistent surf through october–april.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~16°C (60.8°F) on average
Jan
21.1°C
70°F · 19.2–23.2°C
Feb
22.1°C
71.8°F · 20.2–23.3°C
Mar
21.6°C
70.9°F · 20.3–23.6°C
Apr
20.9°C
69.6°F · 18.7–23.9°C
May
18.7°C
65.7°F · 15.9–21.4°C
Jun
17.4°C
63.3°F · 14.8–19.3°C
Jul
16°C
60.8°F · 13.1–18.1°C
Aug
15.7°C
60.3°F · 13.8–19.5°C
Sep
16°C
60.8°F · 14.5–18.1°C
Oct
17.1°C
62.8°F · 15.5–18.9°C
Nov
18.3°C
64.9°F · 16.2–21.3°C
Dec
19.8°C
67.6°F · 18.2–22.3°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
NE–S
Best wind
W–NW
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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