Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
13.8° C
0.8° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 10PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)--
Afternoon (12 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon morning, min 5°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Mon morning, light winds from the WNW by Tue night).

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
7
0.8
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.3
S
17
0.4
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
15
1.1
S
7
0.3
S
15
0.8
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
158
156
58
43
34
23
51
82
125
181
178
178
125
124
124
124
79
78
76
75
74
127
39
68
Wind (km/h)
30
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
25
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
5:43PM1.42m
7:33AM0.89m
6:38PM1.46m
8:32AM0.91m
7:33PM1.47m
9:27AM0.93m
Low Tide
1:04AM-0.02m
12:11PM0.54m
2:00AM-0.07m
1:10PM0.55m
2:54AM-0.08m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:52
4:52
4:52
4:53
 mm
2
1
1
2
Temp °C
13
12
9
9
9
9
12
14
14
10
9
7
5
5
6
9
11
10
7
8
8
7
8
8
Feels °C
6
6
5
5
4
5
5
6
7
5
3
2
1
2
3
5
6
7
2
3
4
4
5
5
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