Safety Cove Reef surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 06 May 2026 AEST
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Safety Cove Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Safety Cove Reef sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Safety Cove Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Safety Cove Reef at 4AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 May)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (07 May)--
Evening (07 May)--

Table - waves today at Safety Cove Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Thu night, moderate winds from the W by Sat morning).

Wed
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
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
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
20
0.6
S
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
2.5
SSW
17
1.9
SSW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.3
SSW
16
3
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
15
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
15
4
SSW
14
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
68
232
329
329
246
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wind (km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WNW
35
W
55
WSW
60
SW
55
SW
55
SW
50
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
30
SW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:25PM1.06m
10:12PM1.05m
2:23PM0.73m
11:02PM1.04m
2:35PM0.76m
Low Tide
5:48AM0.18m
6:27AM0.17m
4:21PM0.72m
7:06AM0.16m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
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7:05
7:05
7:07
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5:04
5:02
5:01
6
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
9
10
10
10
9
9
10
10
9
11
12
11
11
12
11
11
12
12
11
12
12
13
14
14
2
3
3
1
-1
-1
1
2
1
3
1
-1
-1
0
0
1
2
4
5
6
5
8
9
8
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
0.8
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
1.9
SSW
16
0.5
ENE
10
2.3
SSW
16
0.5
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
Energy kJ
932
746
746
125
95
94
1787
58
2731
57
39
40
26
20
20
20
20
19
4216
3388
9
10
10
10
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
11
0.9
ENE
11
0.8
ENE
11
0.7
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
0.2
N
7
0.6
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.5
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
Energy kJ
161
161
128
329
246
4
82
130
57
19
9
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
20
0.6
S
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.3
NNE
8
Energy kJ
68
232
329
11
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
6
1.2
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
2
SSW
13
2.2
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
17
1.8
SW
6
2.5
SW
16
0.8
WNW
4
3
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
15
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
4
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
15
4
SSW
14
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
13
Energy kJ
127
77
61
1359
1699
3416
261
3343
16
3792
7277
7857
7635
7749
7213
6653
5851
5220
5587
4704
3709
3281
2385
2499
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
4
2
6
2
3
2
4
1
1
3
4
3
1
Distance (km)
35
35
35
39
251
39
39
45
42
42
150
741
741
615
118
39
35
35
35
35
34
33
35
39
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
4
2
1
3
4
4
1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
5
4
2
7
7
4
5
4
4
6
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
7
7
7
9
6
5
5
7
6
5
6
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
7
6
6
5
5
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