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Church Bay ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Church Bay Surf Forecast / Tasmania – West Coast / Australia

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 21 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

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

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 3.5
S
3.5
SSW
4.0
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.0
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
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2.4
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2.0
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1.7
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1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period (s) (?) 9 17 17 16 15 14 13 12 12 14 12 12 15 13 12 12 12 12
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 2030 7541 9959 10292 6397 4242 2537 1102 1600 2531 1969 1839 2305 1778 1197 908 785 724
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE 35
SSE 30
SSE 30
SSE 30
S 30
SSW 25
SSW 30
SSW 30
SSW 30
SSW 25
SSW 30
SSW 25
S 15
SSE 15
S 15
ENE 15
NE 15
NNE
Wind State (?) cross cross cross cross cross-
on
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Church Bay blow from the ENE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.80
12:40PM
2.18

12:58AM
1.87

1:37PM
2.23
1:55AM
1.94

2:32PM
2.26
2:52AM
2.00

3:27PM
2.27
3:49AM
2.05

4:21PM
2.24

4:44AM
2.08

Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:10AM
-0.03
7:00PM
0.13

7:08AM
-0.09

7:56PM
0.07
8:06AM
-0.13

8:50PM
0.01
9:03AM
-0.15

9:44PM
-0.03
10:00AM
-0.15

10:37PM
-0.05


 

Note: the tide data above is for Stack Island, Tasmania which is 52 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Church Bay. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Church Bay sea temperature is 14.5 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 max: 14.9 min: 12.7 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sun night, strong winds from the SSE by Mon night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
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Summary clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear some clouds some clouds
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C 8 9 10 8 9 9 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 11
Low °C 6 7 9 7 8 9 9 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 11
Chill °C (?) 3 5 7 4 5 5 7 8 6 7 8 8 7 9 9 8 9 9
Sunrise - 7:39 - - 7:39 - - 7:39 - - 7:41 - - 7:41 - - 7:41 -
Sunset - - 17:00 - - 16:59 - - 16:59 - - 16:59 - - 16:59 - - 16:59
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Are you planning a holiday in West Coast? If you are looking for accommodation near Church Bay, camping, hotels and holiday cottages in West Coast, consider staying in Stanley which is 62 km (39 miles) away. Alternatively, find information about places to stay and car hire in Port Latta which is 65 km (40 miles) away