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Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 24 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
16.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today?

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 10PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (24 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.9
NNE
1.3
SE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.1
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
Period(s) (?)10111161213131313131212121212111111131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31637535027554672182796994092586811481025928882726721734399860672593445338
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
10
SW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
1.05
1:50AM
1.09
1:43PM
0.97
2:34AM
1.15
2:59PM
0.89
3:22AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
0.25
7:58AM
0.46
7:54PM
0.33
9:09AM
0.38
8:42PM
0.40
10:19AM
0.28
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------6:00-------6:01-------6:03-
Sunset--8:37-------8:36-------8:35-----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191817141414171618171513111112161616141312111421
Feels °C (?)131313121312151214131211910111413131111981116
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