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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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 9PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 May) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (05 May) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Friendly Beaches. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 5 | Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | Fri 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 7 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | |
753 | 695 | 652 | 557 | 522 | 448 | 466 | 441 | 419 | 340 | 334 | 334 | 281 | 275 | 225 | 198 | 160 | 202 | 160 | 133 | 116 | 88 | 67 | 57 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:31AM0.83m | 10:05PM1.15m | 12:24PM0.82m | 10:46PM1.13m | 1:16PM0.82m | 11:31PM1.11m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:49PM0.66m | 5:35AM0.22m | 4:31PM0.68m | 6:21AM0.23m | 5:19PM0.70m | 7:06AM0.23m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | |
— | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:04 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
753 | 695 | 652 | 557 | 522 | 448 | 466 | 441 | 419 | 340 | 334 | 334 | 281 | 275 | 225 | 198 | 160 | 160 | 113 | 81 | 57 | 88 | 67 | 57 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 7 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | S 13 | N 6 | N 6 | S 14 | S 16 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 15 | S 16 | — |
150 | 93 | 91 | 23 | 142 | 146 | 103 | 65 | 56 | 55 | 76 | 43 | 22 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 45 | 160 | 133 | 116 | 72 | 46 | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 14 | — | N 8 | S 22 | S 22 | — | SW 20 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | N 7 | S 18 | S 18 | — | — | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | N 4 | — | — |
— | 6 | 19 | 92 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | — | 15 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 79 | 77 | 76 | 1 | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | SW 3 | — | — | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NNW 5 | N 3 | N 4 | N 6 | S 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | S 7 | WSW 4 | W 4 | WNW 3 | SW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 |
4 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 7 | 176 | 74 | 126 | 254 | 319 | 330 | 202 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 200 | 778 | 1452 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 93 | 93 | 69 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 607 | 607 | 665 |
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