Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
14.0° C
1.6° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 7AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
9
1.4
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
9
1.4
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
8
1
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
1
N
4
1.1
N
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
307
277
380
391
367
301
190
165
119
84
82
55
55
49
68
60
46
51
48
46
37
32
38
52
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross
High Tide
1:27AM0.89m
1:44PM1.20m
2:46AM0.85m
2:36PM1.25m
4:05AM0.84m
3:32PM1.31m
Low Tide
7:07AM0.43m
8:42PM0.29m
7:59AM0.49m
9:49PM0.20m
8:57AM0.53m
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:09
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:14
5:15
5:15
 mm
Temp °C
8
9
9
11
14
13
11
9
8
8
8
11
13
11
10
9
8
9
8
11
15
15
12
10
Feels °C
4
6
5
7
10
10
9
7
5
6
6
9
10
8
8
7
6
7
6
9
12
13
9
7
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