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4 Mile Beach and Point surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
4 Mile Beach and Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 4 Mile Beach and Point sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 4 Mile Beach and Point today?

The current surf forecast for 4 Mile Beach and Point at 8PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

Table - waves today at 4 Mile Beach and Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)1110101010101099999111111111111111112111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)828735580509456369354194162143129134438524515452452469477463497463447350
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
0
WNW
0
NNW
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
0.99
10:23PM
1.38
12:08PM
0.95
11:19PM
1.36
1:18PM
0.92
12:20AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
0.51
5:35AM
0.02
5:01PM
0.57
6:39AM
0.04
6:03PM
0.60
7:43AM
0.07
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset-5:29-------5:27-------5:25------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161412111112111415151212131211151917131213131119
Feels °C (?)1413121011121112131311111211912151311101211917
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