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Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia
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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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 May) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (14 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (14 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Friendly Beaches. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 6 | NNE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | |
35 | 35 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 24 | 39 | 50 | 64 | 67 | 74 | 58 | 112 | 208 | 233 | 253 | 233 | 208 | 88 | 99 | 124 | 157 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 5:17PM1.15m | 5:25AM1.01m | 5:55PM1.24m | 6:34AM0.99m | 6:36PM1.32m | 7:42AM0.98m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:33PM0.37m | 11:26AM0.30m | 00:31AM0.24m | 12:12PM0.37m | 1:28AM0.11m | 1:00PM0.44m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | |
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Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 18 |
11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | S 14 | S 14 |
35 | 35 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 75 | 60 | 4 | 4 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 15 | S 21 | S 20 | S 18 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | S 15 | S 15 | SE 12 | E 12 |
32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | S 13 | N 11 | N 11 | SE 16 | E 11 | N 11 | N 10 | E 11 | S 22 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 13 | S 7 | N 16 | N 16 | N 16 | SE 13 | SE 12 | E 10 | E 10 |
2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 50 | 64 | 67 | 74 | 58 | 112 | 208 | 233 | 253 | 233 | 208 | 88 | 99 | 124 | 157 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 110 | 34 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 110 | 110 | 130 | 34 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 34 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 93 | 130 | 130 |
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