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Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
16.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today?

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 5AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
S
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)667788888876610101010101076555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)368331223256354381365307213133181119675250352931252527182932
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
15
N
5
NW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
1.27
5:41PM
0.84
5:08AM
1.33
6:54PM
0.85
6:04AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34PM
0.47
11:27AM
0.19
10:32PM
0.52
12:29PM
0.10
11:32PM
0.55
1:28PM
0.04
Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:07---
Sunset8:34-------8:32-------8:31-------
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clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191617161821191716151515151516161515141314191818
Feels °C (?)151417141720181614131413141415131213131213171516
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