Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Issued: 3 pm 06 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
13.9° C

Slightly warmer than usual

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 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 11PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)--
Afternoon (06 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (06 Jul)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent

Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
8
Thu
9
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
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
0.9
S
9
0.8
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
E
11
0.8
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
318
311
261
197
122
90
66
58
42
62
135
123
121
121
121
164
152
140
126
98
90
82
78
51
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State
glassy
on
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
1:07PM1.00m
00:18AM1.01m
1:45PM1.07m
1:24AM0.95m
2:25PM1.14m
2:39AM0.90m
Low Tide
6:40PM0.59m
6:59AM0.26m
7:48PM0.51m
7:41AM0.32m
8:55PM0.41m
8:28AM0.38m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:47
4:47
4:49
4:50
 mm
Temp °C
10
9
9
8
8
8
9
9
13
12
12
10
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
Feels °C
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
10
9
10
7
8
7
8
8
9
7
8
7
7
7
6
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
0.9
S
9
0.8
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
11
0.8
S
6
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
Energy kJ
318
311
261
197
122
90
66
58
42
37
135
39
121
121
121
164
152
140
126
92
90
67
51
51
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
16
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
15
0.2
E
11
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
E
11
0.3
S
16
0.7
ESE
11
0.3
S
15
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
15
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
10
0.5
S
7
Energy kJ
5
4
4
9
47
47
51
47
33
62
43
123
39
19
19
36
27
28
109
98
90
82
78
26
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
15
0.3
S
14
0.3
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.5
S
8
0.3
SSW
8
0.3
S
15
0.1
S
21
0.2
S
20
0.4
S
19
0.4
S
18
0.5
E
13
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
E
10
Energy kJ
20
17
36
22
40
41
29
12
39
9
31
113
99
87
20
20
23
26
25
50
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
2
0.4
SSW
3
0.7
S
7
1
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
Energy kJ
1
3
47
66
42
47
42
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
Distance (km)
34
34
34
34
16
16
16
16
16
34
16
16
16
16
20
20
93
110
16
16
16
16
16
16
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
2
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
7
7
4
9
8
8
8
7
5
5
5
5
7
5
7
7
5
7
5
5
5
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
7
7
5
9
8
8
8
7
5
5
5
5
7
9
9
9
8
7
8
9
9
9
9
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Friendly Beaches surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest