Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
13.9° C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 5PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (09 Jul)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
10
0.7
ESE
9
0.4
E
10
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.3
S
18
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.3
S
16
0.3
S
15
0.3
S
15
0.3
S
16
0.9
N
4
1
N
5
1
N
5
1
N
5
1
N
5
1.2
N
5
1.4
N
5
1.6
N
5
1.9
NNE
6
2.4
N
7
2.5
N
7
1.7
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
78
68
36
35
34
55
85
80
43
41
41
43
30
44
42
44
44
66
102
152
257
506
675
293
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NE
0
SW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
15
NW
25
NW
Wind State
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:09PM1.22m
3:59AM0.87m
3:57PM1.29m
5:17AM0.87m
4:49PM1.36m
Low Tide
8:28AM0.38m
10:01PM0.29m
9:20AM0.44m
11:04PM0.17m
10:15AM0.49m
00:05AM0.06m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
7:33
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:50
4:50
4:51
4:52
 mm
1
Temp °C
10
10
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
10
14
13
11
9
7
7
6
11
15
13
12
12
9
9
Feels °C
7
8
9
9
8
7
8
8
7
8
12
12
9
6
4
5
3
7
10
8
7
6
5
2
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