Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
13.5°C
1.0° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 10PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (29 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
15
0.8
S
14
0.7
S
14
0.6
S
14
1.7
NNE
6
1.5
NNE
6
1.4
NNE
6
1.6
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.6
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.3
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.5
N
7
1.6
N
7
1.3
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
627
264
194
134
194
150
131
214
281
346
284
214
197
197
208
181
175
200
226
162
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:25PM0.97m
10:09AM1.24m
11:31PM0.93m
10:58AM1.26m
Low Tide
3:52AM0.46m
5:08PM0.16m
4:39AM0.53m
6:10PM0.13m
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Temp °C
20
21
18
16
15
14
17
20
22
21
19
17
16
16
16
18
20
20
17
14
Feels °C
15
18
16
13
11
11
14
16
19
18
17
15
15
15
16
16
17
17
15
12
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