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Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
16.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today?

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 6PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.9
NNE
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NNE
0.4
SE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)10108888889995669998879141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20417528923516413811610212613323213820715459716254643731646365
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.80
4:04AM
1.11
4:40PM
0.76
4:41AM
1.13
5:50PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.50
9:10PM
0.45
11:03AM
0.44
9:48PM
0.51
11:55AM
0.38
10:30PM
0.56
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise5:43-------5:45-------5:46-------
Sunset----8:44-------8:44-------8:43---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121517141313111013191818171513111517171716141414
Feels °C (?)791291010881116131413131191414141515131314
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