Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
13.8° C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today (21 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 11PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)--
Afternoon (21 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (21 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 4°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
NE
11
1.2
NE
11
1.1
NE
11
1
NE
11
1
NE
11
1
NE
10
0.9
NE
10
0.9
NE
10
0.9
NE
10
0.8
NE
10
0.7
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.4
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
14
0.4
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.8
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
338
338
258
224
220
212
173
148
148
120
102
79
79
79
109
102
65
95
146
290
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
2:00PM1.12m
2:20AM0.81m
2:39PM1.13m
3:31AM0.77m
3:19PM1.14m
Low Tide
8:42PM0.44m
7:51AM0.46m
9:43PM0.40m
8:30AM0.53m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
light rain
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:59
5:00
5:00
 mm
1
Temp °C
16
16
14
13
11
11
11
13
15
11
9
7
5
4
4
7
9
8
6
4
Feels °C
14
14
13
11
9
9
8
9
10
8
5
2
1
0
-1
1
3
3
-1
-4
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