Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 04 May 2026 AEST
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Friendly Beaches surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
17.0° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today?

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 7PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 May)--
Afternoon (04 May)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (04 May)8ft (2.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Friendly Beaches. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
4
Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thu
7
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
3
4
2
3
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
NE
9
2.3
NE
10
2.3
NE
10
2.4
NNE
9
2.1
NE
9
2.1
NE
10
2.1
NE
10
2.1
NE
10
2
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.8
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
NE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
944
964
910
965
714
800
862
862
753
681
652
625
532
439
448
467
419
419
334
328
328
275
265
216
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
WNW
15
SW
15
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
W
20
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
25
SW
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:25PM1.17m
11:31AM0.83m
10:05PM1.15m
12:24PM0.82m
10:46PM1.13m
Low Tide
3:09PM0.63m
4:49AM0.21m
3:49PM0.66m
5:35AM0.22m
4:31PM0.68m
6:21AM0.23m
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
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6:58
6:58
7:00
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5:08
5:07
5:06
5:05
2
7
1
Temp °C
19
19
13
15
13
11
12
17
17
17
14
12
11
10
11
17
18
17
13
8
7
8
7
8
16
15
10
12
11
9
11
14
14
14
10
9
9
8
8
12
13
13
11
4
5
5
2
1
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
NE
9
2.3
NE
10
2.3
NE
10
2.1
NE
9
2.1
NE
9
2.1
NE
10
2.1
NE
10
2.1
NE
10
2
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.8
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
NE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
Energy kJ
944
964
910
783
714
800
862
862
753
681
652
625
532
439
448
467
419
419
334
328
328
275
265
216
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
13
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.4
S
17
0.5
S
17
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
15
0.5
S
14
0.6
S
5
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
S
13
0.8
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
0.1
N
6
Energy kJ
14
37
34
32
14
90
142
185
150
93
20
36
192
103
103
65
60
55
39
23
54
53
52
1
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
8
0.1
S
8
0.1
S
7
0.2
S
17
0.4
SSW
13
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.6
SSW
7
0.4
NNE
3
0.1
S
22
0.1
S
22
0.4
S
13
0.4
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.2
N
6
0.1
S
18
Energy kJ
1
1
1
22
66
92
92
35
3
9
9
55
11
6
3
6
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
NNE
9
0.4
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.4
NNE
3
0.5
NNW
4
0.5
N
4
0.7
NNW
4
0.5
N
4
0.7
N
4
0.8
S
4
1.6
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
6
1
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
5
2
SSW
6
Energy kJ
965
2
6
2
7
9
21
9
18
18
156
126
45
94
282
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
Distance (km)
34
16
34
16
34
16
16
16
34
16
16
16
16
16
16
93
93
69
16
69
16
16
69
640
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
6
5
8
5
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