Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.4°C
1.0° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 3PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 28°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.7
NE
6
0.5
N
8
0.7
NE
6
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
9
0.8
NE
8
0.5
NW
14
0.5
NW
13
0.6
NW
12
0.5
NNE
14
0.6
NW
12
0.9
NW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
43
41
40
39
39
35
36
33
27
28
27
25
25
24
38
71
93
85
122
104
108
179
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
SSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
0
S
0
WNW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:37AM0.68m
7:52PM0.70m
9:47AM0.68m
8:16PM0.70m
11:02AM0.69m
8:44PM0.70m
Low Tide
2:20PM0.44m
2:53AM0.20m
3:06PM0.50m
3:39AM0.15m
3:56PM0.56m
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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6:05
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6:08
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6:07
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 mm
6
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Temp °C
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
Feels °C
32
32
33
33
33
33
33
34
32
33
33
34
33
33
33
33
32
32
30
31
31
31
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