Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 18 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 11PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
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
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1111111111121212121212111111111111101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271926312399225227572735245222292129210818251492132212111130972804639509456456369300202
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
0
NNW
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.32
9:54AM
0.99
9:24PM
1.34
11:02AM
0.95
10:14PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
0.07
3:08PM
0.48
4:31AM
0.03
3:58PM
0.55
5:32AM
0.01
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-
Sunset-5:30-------5:30-------5:28------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131311108881213121210101011131514141212111113
Feels °C (?)66565551099108889121312131111101011
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