Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 17 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 5AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101010111111111412121212121212111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)221672206824102696255624812255211240372922249322682166218719361788149313021130901804626
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
0
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
1.26
8:49AM
1.03
8:38PM
1.32
9:54AM
0.99
9:24PM
1.34
11:02AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.15
2:22PM
0.40
3:32AM
0.07
3:08PM
0.48
4:31AM
0.03
3:58PM
0.55
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:39-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:28
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101010101113131198881113121211101112141514
Feels °C (?)433334676555591091098910131312
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