Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 21 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 1.5°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 7PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.6
NNE
1.6
N
0.8
ESE
1.1
NNE
1.3
N
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
Period(s) (?)119991111111111111112121111101066106666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)194126106135331460460460460455471480478454430222184143169105771055567
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.92
11:08PM
1.33
1:21PM
0.91
12:07AM
1.29
2:28PM
0.91
1:10AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
0.60
6:34AM
0.02
5:54PM
0.64
7:36AM
0.05
7:03PM
0.65
8:36AM
0.09
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-5:27-------5:24-------5:23------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413131313121520181715151615171920201715151519
Feels °C (?)111010111011101216151513131514171719181513131317
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