Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Issued: 10 am 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is

14.6°C

Friendly Beaches surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today (24 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 2PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Evening (24 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 24						Sunday 25								Monday 26
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	400	383	338	297	266	311	260	221	269	181	128	203	351	376	384	318	287	294	425	433	362	362
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	E	ENE	ENE	N	NNW	SW	SW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	7:15AM1.11m				7:22PM1.03m				7:49AM1.19m					8:22PM1.02m				8:26AM1.25m				9:24PM1.00m
Low Tide			1:25PM0.38m				1:26AM0.31m					2:17PM0.27m				2:08AM0.37m				3:10PM0.16m


	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	7	6	2	6	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	11	11	10	9	8	5	8	12	13	10	9	7
Feels °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	8	10	9	8	7	6	6	2	3	5	6	5	6	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	400	383	338	297	266	311	260	221	269	181	128	203	351	376	384	318	287	294	425	433	362	362
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	ESE 5	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 5	S 5	S 10	S 10	S 14	S 14	S 6
kJ	42	41	40	38	37	16	34	4	38	18	18	17	17	17	16	25	26	8	2	4	4	119
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	N 16	SSW 15	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	S 14	NE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 11	S 12	—	SSW 14	S 11	S 14	S 14	S 14	—	S 9	S 9
kJ	4	4	5	85	14	14	14	35	5	12	12	2	3	—	20	2	4	4	4	—	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	N 4	—	S 3	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	WSW 3	WSW 3	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	—
kJ	9	16	14	13	8	—	38	—	4	75	67	52	59	94	54	4	8	44	67	228	163	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Kelpies TAS - East Coast	Kelpies TAS - East Coast	Carlton Rivermouth TAS - East Coast	Governors Island TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Little Swanport TAS - East Coast	Little Swanport TAS - East Coast	Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	Shelly Point TAS - East Coast	Governors Island TAS - East Coast	Governors Island TAS - East Coast	Governors Island TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Point Roadnight VIC - Torquay	Point Impossible VIC - Torquay	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast	Shelly Point TAS - East Coast	Buxton Point TAS - East Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2
Distance (km)	110	110	134	134	110	16	34	34	34	40	40	368	69	16	16	16	34	529	529	34	69	34
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	4	1	1		1	2	2	2	1			2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4

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