Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 17 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
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 9PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
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3
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
SE
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
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
2.1
SE
2
SE
Period(s) (?)12131591010101011111111141312121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2326813061549195824982644270823352116239541283245282723462280222419691710139512561067884
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
0
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
1.26
8:49AM
1.03
8:38PM
1.32
9:54AM
0.99
9:24PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.15
2:22PM
0.40
3:32AM
0.07
3:08PM
0.48
4:31AM
0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:39-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset-5:32-------5:30-------5:30------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C16141110101010111313119888111312121010101114
Feels °C (?)9743333467665559109108881013
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