Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
13.6°C
1.1° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 7AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Thu morning).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NE
8
1
NE
8
1
NE
9
1.2
N
7
0.9
NE
10
0.9
NE
10
0.8
NE
10
0.4
S
15
0.4
S
15
2.2
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.7
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.8
NE
9
0.3
S
15
0.4
S
15
0.8
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
160
142
145
127
157
139
117
77
77
582
420
359
280
223
192
155
123
99
83
67
104
38
69
108
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
W
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
5:57AM0.95m
5:05PM1.21m
6:42AM1.00m
6:05PM1.17m
7:22AM1.05m
7:02PM1.13m
Low Tide
11:18PM0.11m
11:01AM0.58m
00:08AM0.13m
12:05PM0.52m
00:53AM0.17m
1:04PM0.45m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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3
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Temp °C
7
11
14
11
16
12
10
8
7
7
7
11
12
10
10
9
8
7
6
12
12
12
11
9
Feels °C
4
7
10
7
9
4
3
2
1
2
2
6
8
6
7
6
5
4
4
7
6
6
6
6
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