Friendly Beaches surf break

Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
12.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today?

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 5PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
N
1.4
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
NE
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.5
N
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)8810667777776678815159101010715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72651561742323181861972473022471841441321881751631501102311941642238
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
1.21
6:44AM
0.93
5:57PM
1.18
7:19AM
0.97
6:45PM
1.15
7:51AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.16
11:52AM
0.55
12:53AM
0.19
12:43PM
0.51
1:29AM
0.23
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:03-------6:01-------5:58-
Sunset-5:58-------5:59-------6:00------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C1516131013111114131612139771112129911101015
Feels °C (?)111296991012912883124454578711
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for TAS - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 33 km from Shipstern Bluff (light winds from the NW at Dennes Point 33 km from Shipstern Bluff). 1.2m 10s swell from the S with a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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