Looking north on the Tannum Sands Main Beach - panoramio — Second Beach Tannum Sands. Photo: wood26, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Tannum Sands

Tannum Sands is a town in Queensland, Australia. From Tannum Sands you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Second Beach Tannum Sands, a surf spot 0.9 km from the centre. Overture lists 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites. The nearest airport is GLT, 17 km away.

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Staying in Tannum Sands

10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: GLT, 17 km, THG, 101 km, ROK, 111 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Tannum Sands.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Second Beach Tannum Sands0.9 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft13 kJ

1 ft9 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

1 ft9 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Second Beach Tannum Sands, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	7, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 smushy	9kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	8, too small	1 ft5 smushy	9kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	10, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	1 ft5 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	6, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots	24°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tannum Sands, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Tannum Sands

Domino's Pizza Tannum SandsPizza · 0.1 km from the centre
KFC Tannum SandsChicken · 0.5 km from the centre
Tannum Beach Fish and ChipsFish and chips · 0.5 km from the centre
Rice to Meet YouSushi · 0.1 km from the centre
Tannum ThaiThai · 0.1 km from the centre
Truffle Pig0.6 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Tannum Sands, Australia