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Tea Tree Bay

Queensland · Australia

IntermediateBeach break-26.379, 153.105

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Tea Tree Bay is a NE-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Coral Sea — it catches N–E swell, and offshore S–W winds tidy the banks through october–april.

Today's surf at Tea Tree Bay

Updated 14:05 spot time

Tea Tree Bay surf report for Thursday 1 Oct: waves 1.0 m chest to head high, 0.9 m E swell at 5 s. Wind up to 14 km/h E. Water 21°C. Best surf window around 03:00 — fun (3/5) with 14 km/h ESE wind.

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10-day forecast

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Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~22.6°C (72.7°F) on average

Jan

25.9°C

78.6°F · 24.5–27.4°C

Feb

26.5°C

79.7°F · 25–28.2°C

Mar

26.3°C

79.3°F · 24.5–27.8°C

Apr

25.3°C

77.5°F · 23.8–27.1°C

May

23.7°C

74.7°F · 22.3–24.4°C

Jun

22°C

71.6°F · 20.3–23.3°C

Jul

21°C

69.8°F · 19.4–22.2°C

Aug

20.6°C

69.1°F · 19.5–22.6°C

Sep

21.5°C

70.7°F · 20.2–23.4°C

Oct

22.6°C

72.7°F · 21.1–24.3°C

Nov

23.8°C

74.8°F · 22.7–25.4°C

Dec

25.2°C

77.4°F · 23.3–26.6°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

N–E

Best wind

S–W

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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