Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.3
N
1.1
N
0.8
N
0.4
SE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)12810677111314141312101010101010111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47457512411160327992642623222013238526102749255623792323211219162365
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
W
20
W
20
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
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
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:37-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:32-------5:30----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91719181512121110131414111010101011121311987
Feels °C (?)6141515106543677333334576654
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