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Friendly Beaches surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
16.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Friendly Beaches today?

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 7PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
4
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.9
NE
1.4
NE
2
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.4
NNE
2.1
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)7759999991010101010108881099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10586102632827938782646599460363340310304239310255221184128123120120139
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NW
25
NNE
25
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.99
2:49AM
1.05
2:22PM
0.88
3:27AM
1.08
3:28PM
0.80
4:04AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00PM
0.29
8:57AM
0.54
8:35PM
0.37
10:03AM
0.50
9:10PM
0.45
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------5:41-------5:43-------5:45-
Sunset--8:45-------8:44-------8:44-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C162320241918182022211713111011141614131210101319
Feels °C (?)1522172018151213151412854681110109771116
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