Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is

15.4°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 2PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	S 6	S 5	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	S 14	S 15	S 15	S 15	ENE 9	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	ENE 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	ENE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	29	16	75	34	12	12	10	14	22	34	38	39	38	45	69	67	63	57	30	273	247	214	214	26
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SE	ENE	NE	WSW	W	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:08AM1.09m				5:55PM1.00m				6:44AM1.14m				6:56PM0.95m				7:17AM1.18m				7:54PM0.91m
Low Tide			12:10PM0.46m				00:10AM0.30m				1:06PM0.38m				00:48AM0.37m				1:56PM0.31m				1:23AM0.44m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	7:57
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	—
Temp °C	13	15	17	14	13	12	10	9	14	19	20	16	11	10	9	8	9	12	11	10	10	8	7	6
Feels °C	9	11	12	10	10	10	8	6	11	15	16	13	7	5	4	3	4	6	5	4	4	3	2	1
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 5	S 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 9	N 6	N 6	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	29	16	16	34	12	11	8	7	22	20	31	22	38	45	43	42	28	30	30	29	25	26	26	26
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	E 8	E 8	NE 7	SE 5	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	SSE 4	S 14	S 15	ENE 9	ENE 9	N 5	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	N 8	N 14	N 14	S 14	S 14	S 14
kJ	3	1	5	16	9	12	10	14	4	34	38	32	32	8	69	67	63	57	1	4	4	16	15	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	S 12	NE 11	ENE 8	NE 7	ENE 7	N 4	N 4	NE 6	SSE 4	SE 4	S 15	S 15	S 15	N 5	N 5	—	—	N 14	—	—	N 14	—	E 10
kJ	3	3	5	6	12	10	3	3	2	2	1	39	38	38	4	2	—	—	4	—	—	4	—	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	NE 2	SSW 5	—	—	N 4	N 4	N 4	SSW 2	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	144	108	75	—	1	5	—	—	1	1	3	1	26	21	40	53	49	61	191	273	247	214	214	171
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Blacknose Point VIC - Far West	Kelpies TAS - East Coast	Roaring Beach TAS - East Coast	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Park Beach TAS - East Coast	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Marion Bay TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Seven Mile Beach and Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	May's Point TAS - East Coast	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Werri Point NSW - Illawarra	Blackfellows Point NSW - Far South	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Seven Mile Beach and Point TAS - East Coast	Marion Bay TAS - East Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	1	1
Distance (km)	34	693	134	130	110	110	110	110	93	34	34	114	34	34	34	34	368	119	859	839	678	257	114	93
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Rating (10 max)	1		1	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1		1					1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	5	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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