Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
15.5°C
2.3° 

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 (02 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 12PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (02 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (02 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thu
5
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NE
9
0.9
NE
9
0.9
NE
9
0.8
NE
9
0.8
NE
9
0.8
NE
9
0.6
SSE
14
0.6
SSE
14
0.8
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.9
NE
7
1
NE
8
1.2
NE
8
1.2
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.5
NNE
7
1.7
N
6
1
NNE
7
0.9
NE
7
2.2
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
135
132
132
95
93
91
154
158
82
66
64
49
69
91
108
160
164
141
141
121
118
195
243
93
67
372
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
WNW
5
NW
0
WNW
5
SW
20
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:51AM0.95m
2:41PM1.19m
4:44AM0.99m
3:47PM1.13m
5:29AM1.04m
4:52PM1.06m
Low Tide
8:43AM0.64m
9:55PM0.11m
9:58AM0.60m
10:45PM0.16m
11:08AM0.54m
11:30PM0.23m
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light rain
mod rain
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4
7
1
Temp °C
10
9
10
16
14
15
14
12
12
11
13
15
16
16
13
12
10
10
13
20
21
22
17
12
12
11
Feels °C
9
7
8
13
10
11
11
11
11
10
11
11
12
13
11
11
9
9
12
18
19
19
13
11
9
7
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