Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 05 May 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 9PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
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 Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
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)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.7
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
1.5
S
7
0.9
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.5
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
753
695
652
557
522
448
466
441
419
340
334
334
281
275
225
198
160
202
160
133
116
88
67
57
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:31AM0.83m
10:05PM1.15m
12:24PM0.82m
10:46PM1.13m
1:16PM0.82m
11:31PM1.11m
Low Tide
3:49PM0.66m
5:35AM0.22m
4:31PM0.68m
6:21AM0.23m
5:19PM0.70m
7:06AM0.23m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:58
7:00
7:01
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5:07
5:06
5:05
5:04
1
5
3
Temp °C
19
18
14
13
11
10
13
18
19
17
8
7
8
6
6
9
11
11
8
8
10
12
12
12
16
15
11
11
9
8
10
13
14
13
3
3
4
2
1
3
5
5
4
3
5
5
5
5
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.9
NE
10
1.7
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
11
1.3
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.2
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1.1
ENE
11
1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
1.2
S
6
1
S
6
0.8
S
7
0.7
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
0.5
ENE
10
Energy kJ
753
695
652
557
522
448
466
441
419
340
334
334
281
275
225
198
160
160
113
81
57
88
67
57
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
15
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
7
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
1
N
6
0.7
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
S
13
0.2
N
6
0.1
N
6
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
16
0.9
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.4
S
15
0.3
S
16
Energy kJ
150
93
91
23
142
146
103
65
56
55
76
43
22
53
3
1
34
45
160
133
116
72
46
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
14
0.1
N
8
0.1
S
22
0.1
S
22
0.1
SW
20
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
13
0.4
N
7
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.2
N
4
Energy kJ
6
19
92
1
9
9
15
55
55
54
14
6
6
79
77
76
1
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.3
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.4
NNW
5
0.5
N
3
0.7
N
4
1
N
6
0.5
S
4
1.6
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
5
1.5
SSW
6
1.9
SSW
6
2
SSW
6
2
SSW
7
1.5
S
7
0.6
WSW
4
0.7
W
4
0.6
WNW
3
1.8
SW
6
2.5
SSW
7
3
SSW
8
Energy kJ
4
3
2
3
8
5
17
59
7
176
74
126
254
319
330
202
11
12
9
200
778
1452
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
Distance (km)
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
93
93
69
34
34
16
16
69
69
69
34
16
16
16
607
607
665
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
9
9
7
6
6
5
8
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
5
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