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Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia
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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
17.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 11PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (03 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (03 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Friendly Beaches. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | Wed 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NE 11 | |
885 | 1055 | 1176 | 1198 | 1224 | 1251 | 1123 | 1001 | 964 | 1005 | 869 | 763 | 651 | 683 | 768 | 768 | 667 | 681 | 652 | 625 | 557 | 511 | 421 | 485 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 8:48PM1.19m | 10:39AM0.84m | 9:25PM1.17m | 11:31AM0.83m | 10:05PM1.15m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:05AM0.20m | 3:09PM0.63m | 4:49AM0.21m | 3:49PM0.66m | 5:35AM0.22m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | |
— | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | |
— | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 17 |
19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NE 11 |
7 | 2 | 1176 | 1198 | 1224 | 1251 | 1123 | 1001 | 964 | 1005 | 869 | 763 | 651 | 683 | 768 | 768 | 667 | 681 | 652 | 625 | 557 | 511 | 421 | 485 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 6 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 |
4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 90 | 142 | 183 | 148 | 93 | 91 | 181 | 20 | 146 | 103 | 65 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | S 18 | SSW 13 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | — | N 11 | — | SSW 6 | S 14 | N 8 | S 22 | S 22 |
— | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 66 | 45 | 45 | — | 2 | — | 29 | 96 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | NE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 5 | SSW 6 | — | NNE 3 | WNW 3 | NNW 4 |
885 | 1055 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 62 | — | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 110 | 110 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 69 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
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