Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 14 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
17.0° 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 11AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.7
N
1
N
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)14898898881212131313131388121614777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2732082151611441231123514117379117119828082664976612629247
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
15
W
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:35-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----5:37-------5:36-------5:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1189161818161211111012161713108891719191413
Feels °C (?)7561313151366668111210755614141598
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