Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.7°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 12AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
N
0.8
N
0.5
N
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)777131313121310101010101011111111121212131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111582279792524262219352385260025982556233521552049249524912329275821801979
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
0
E
10
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
1.20
7:45AM
1.07
7:56PM
1.26
8:49AM
1.03
8:38PM
1.32
9:54AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.26
1:38PM
0.32
2:35AM
0.15
2:22PM
0.40
3:32AM
0.07
3:08PM
0.48
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:41---
Sunset-------5:32-------5:30-------5:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C15131211101215141111101010111313119887111312
Feels °C (?)107543586343334676655410109
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