Tank Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.0°C
0.6° 

Tank Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tank Beach today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 5AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Tank Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed night, min 28°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
NE
9
2.1
NE
8
1.9
NE
8
1.8
NE
8
1.7
NE
8
1.7
NNE
8
1.5
NNE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.5
NNE
8
1.4
NNE
8
1.2
N
8
1.3
N
9
1.3
NNE
9
1.2
NNE
10
1
NNE
9
1
N
9
0.9
N
8
0.9
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
655
588
467
450
400
374
322
295
309
268
185
269
308
269
162
162
93
94
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
9:44PM0.66m
1:52PM0.62m
10:08PM0.65m
3:20PM0.63m
Low Tide
4:46PM0.56m
5:41AM0.20m
5:37PM0.59m
6:33AM0.19m
6:46PM0.61m
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6:05
6:05
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6:16
6:15
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
Feels °C
30
30
31
31
31
31
30
29
30
30
30
30
31
31
31
31
31
30
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