Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.4°C
1.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 9PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 05). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)--
Afternoon (05 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (05 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 27°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon afternoon, calm by Wed afternoon).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
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
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
N
13
1.9
N
12
2.3
NNW
12
2.3
NNW
13
2.3
NNW
13
2.2
NNW
12
2.2
NNW
12
2.1
NNW
12
1.9
NNW
12
1.8
NNW
12
1.8
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
11
1.6
NNW
11
1.6
NNW
11
1.5
N
11
1.4
NNW
11
1.4
NNW
11
1.4
NNW
12
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1293
1048
1468
1584
1635
1405
1382
1240
985
857
843
718
718
614
593
593
576
504
522
541
Wind (km/h)
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
0
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:48PM0.72m
1:46AM0.65m
5:19PM0.72m
3:17AM0.65m
5:43PM0.72m
Low Tide
10:00PM0.59m
9:39AM0.15m
10:51PM0.53m
10:33AM0.20m
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1
1
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1
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Temp °C
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
27
Feels °C
27
26
26
26
27
27
28
28
28
28
30
30
31
31
31
31
31
33
32
30
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