Tank Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.1° C
0.5° 

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 (05 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 7PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 05). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (05 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 73mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 28°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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)
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.8
NNW
12
1.8
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.8
NW
12
1.9
NW
12
2.1
NW
13
1.9
NW
13
1.9
NW
13
1.6
NW
13
1.6
NW
13
1.3
NW
13
1.3
NW
13
1.3
NW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
793
824
876
890
919
984
893
782
706
694
865
1059
1374
1191
1173
865
753
591
520
488
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:55PM0.56m
11:49PM0.72m
3:02PM0.58m
00:21AM0.73m
5:00PM0.63m
Low Tide
5:32PM0.48m
7:35AM0.23m
6:22PM0.55m
8:32AM0.16m
7:35PM0.61m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
6:00
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6:45
6:45
6:44
 mm
2
4
6
6
6
6
7
3
1
4
6
6
5
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
29
29
Feels °C
29
29
29
30
30
30
30
30
29
29
30
31
30
30
30
29
29
28
28
29
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