Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 04 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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 5PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 04). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (04 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (04 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 27°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Sun morning, light winds from the W by Tue night).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
NNW
11
1.7
NNW
10
1.9
NNW
10
1.9
NNW
11
1.8
NNW
10
1.9
NNW
10
1.9
NNW
10
1.9
NNW
10
1.9
NNW
11
1.8
N
11
1.9
N
11
1.9
N
12
2.1
NNW
12
2.2
NNW
12
2.3
NNW
12
2.2
N
13
2.3
NNW
13
2.3
NNW
13
2.3
NNW
13
2.2
NNW
13
2.2
NNW
13
2.2
NNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
742
647
763
822
717
776
754
754
793
762
914
1013
1180
1316
1485
1556
1635
1671
1697
1581
1581
1605
Wind (km/h)
55
SW
55
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
SW
45
WSW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
4:08PM0.71m
00:13AM0.66m
4:48PM0.72m
1:46AM0.65m
5:19PM0.72m
Low Tide
7:35AM0.09m
8:56PM0.63m
8:39AM0.12m
10:00PM0.59m
9:39AM0.15m
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6:05
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 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
Temp °C
29
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
Feels °C
25
23
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
27
26
26
27
27
28
28
28
28
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