Friendly Beaches Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.01° S 148.28° E

Friendly Beaches 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Friendly Beaches sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.3° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Friendly Beaches at 8AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (21 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (21 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
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3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NNE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.4
NE
8
1.7
NNE
8
1.7
NNE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.2
NE
7
1.7
NNE
5
2.2
NNE
6
2.4
NNE
7
2
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
8
2.5
NNE
9
2.5
NNE
9
3
NNE
9
2.5
NNE
8
2.5
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
273
200
286
229
319
329
268
199
136
115
109
139
159
402
514
342
324
382
339
975
1157
1206
953
837
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:37AM0.92m
4:31PM1.05m
6:10AM0.97m
5:27PM1.05m
6:42AM1.04m
6:24PM1.04m
Low Tide
10:43AM0.63m
11:30PM0.25m
11:39AM0.57m
00:08AM0.26m
12:33PM0.48m
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Temp °C
18
16
20
26
28
15
13
13
13
13
15
25
24
22
19
16
14
13
16
27
30
29
23
18
Feels °C
17
14
18
24
26
13
11
12
12
13
14
21
19
17
16
14
13
11
14
23
26
25
21
17
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