Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 19 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
16.8° 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 8PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
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3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)1212121111111111111010101010991198911111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212921081825151913221211105390180465156546541636930722519411810311398128340394
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
1.34
11:02AM
0.95
10:14PM
1.35
12:12PM
0.92
11:08PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
0.03
3:58PM
0.55
5:32AM
0.01
4:53PM
0.60
6:34AM
0.02
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-5:30-------5:28-------5:27------
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131212101010101314141312121212141514131313131215
Feels °C (?)1091088881212121211111111111210101011111012
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