Tank Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 28 Aug 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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 6PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (28 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (28 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the NW by Sun night).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ENE
12
0.8
ENE
12
0.8
ENE
12
1
ENE
12
0.9
ENE
12
0.9
ENE
12
0.9
ENE
12
0.9
ENE
12
0.9
ENE
12
0.9
ENE
11
0.8
ENE
11
0.8
ENE
11
0.8
ENE
11
0.8
ENE
11
0.8
ENE
11
0.7
NE
11
0.7
NE
11
0.7
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
0.6
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
199
196
193
292
260
226
222
218
215
200
157
154
151
149
146
115
115
97
94
90
88
67
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:08AM0.69m
8:40PM0.69m
7:05AM0.68m
8:55PM0.69m
8:06AM0.66m
9:11PM0.69m
Low Tide
1:30PM0.17m
2:00AM0.50m
2:06PM0.23m
2:43AM0.44m
2:42PM0.29m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:31
6:30
6:30
 mm
1
1
2
1
3
4
1
3
1
1
2
2
3
Temp °C
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
28
27
27
27
28
27
26
26
27
27
Feels °C
33
32
31
30
31
31
32
32
31
31
30
29
29
28
29
29
29
27
26
27
29
30
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tank Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest