Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 06 May 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 1.9°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: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s 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 cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (06 May)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.3
S
18
2.4
S
9
2.4
S
9
2.3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
522
448
466
412
366
340
334
286
281
275
206
202
163
160
130
118
92
90
68
40
55
919
899
847
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
25
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
10:05PM1.15m
12:24PM0.82m
10:46PM1.13m
1:16PM0.82m
11:31PM1.11m
2:06PM0.84m
Low Tide
5:35AM0.22m
4:31PM0.68m
6:21AM0.23m
5:19PM0.70m
7:06AM0.23m
6:14PM0.71m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:58
7:00
7:01
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5:06
5:05
5:04
1
5
Temp °C
11
10
12
17
18
17
8
8
7
7
6
9
11
11
8
9
12
12
12
12
14
13
12
13
9
8
10
12
13
13
2
5
2
2
1
3
5
5
3
4
6
5
5
5
8
7
7
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
1.1
S
7
1
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.7
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
15
2.3
S
9
Energy kJ
522
448
466
412
366
340
334
286
281
275
206
202
163
160
104
89
45
90
68
40
41
115
115
847
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
S
14
0.4
S
13
1.1
N
6
0.7
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
N
7
0.2
N
6
0.1
S
18
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
16
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.4
S
15
0.1
N
9
0.3
S
18
0.4
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.5
S
16
Energy kJ
142
146
103
65
57
55
91
44
23
14
3
6
37
45
130
118
92
72
2
55
41
20
122
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
8
0.1
S
22
0.1
SW
20
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
0.3
S
13
0.1
S
18
0.1
N
6
0.1
N
9
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.2
N
5
0.1
E
10
0.1
N
10
0.3
ENE
10
Energy kJ
1
9
15
55
54
54
30
6
1
2
78
77
75
2
2
2
20
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WNW
3
0.5
W
3
0.4
NNW
5
0.6
N
4
0.7
N
4
1
N
6
0.3
SW
2
1.2
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
6
1.9
SSW
6
2.2
SSW
7
1.7
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
7
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WNW
3
0.8
W
4
2.3
SSW
7
3
SSW
8
3
SSW
8
2.5
SSW
9
2.4
S
9
2.4
S
9
3
SSW
9
Energy kJ
3
5
9
9
17
61
1
67
70
115
271
432
285
192
17
9
18
505
1032
1222
1131
919
899
1407
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
5
2
2
2
2
2
Distance (km)
16
16
16
93
115
69
34
16
34
69
69
69
20
16
16
16
16
607
529
665
20
20
20
20
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
3
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
7
5
6
6
6
7
5
6
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