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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
17.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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 9AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (05 May) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (05 May) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Friendly Beaches. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 5 | Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 7 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | |
714 | 697 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 695 | 557 | 569 | 471 | 480 | 466 | 404 | 366 | 366 | 340 | 334 | 281 | 275 | 270 | 202 | 194 | 284 | 160 | 160 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | 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 | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:31AM0.83m | 10:05PM1.15m | 12:24PM0.82m | 10:46PM1.13m | 1:16PM0.82m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:49AM0.21m | 3:49PM0.66m | 5:35AM0.22m | 4:31PM0.68m | 6:21AM0.23m | 5:19PM0.70m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 13 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 6 |
714 | 697 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 695 | 557 | 569 | 471 | 480 | 466 | 404 | 366 | 366 | 340 | 334 | 281 | 275 | 270 | 202 | 194 | 160 | 160 | 95 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 6 | S 6 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 13 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | S 13 | N 6 | N 6 | — | S 16 | S 16 | ENE 10 |
14 | 90 | 142 | 185 | 150 | 93 | 32 | 38 | 142 | 103 | 103 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 71 | 39 | 20 | 54 | 3 | 1 | — | 45 | 45 | 160 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | SSW 13 | — | — | — | — | S 14 | S 14 | — | N 8 | S 22 | S 22 | — | SW 20 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | N 6 | S 18 | S 18 | — | — | N 14 | S 16 |
22 | 66 | — | — | — | — | 91 | 92 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | — | 15 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 78 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | S 3 | SSW 6 | — | N 3 | N 4 | N 4 | N 3 | NNW 4 | N 6 | NNW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 7 | SSW 6 | W 4 |
— | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 71 | — | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 145 | 143 | 83 | 81 | 167 | 255 | 331 | 284 | 176 | 7 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 93 | 115 | 69 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 69 | 119 | 119 | 16 | 34 | 16 |
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