Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.5°C
1.2° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 11AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 344mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu morning, stormy winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

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7 AM
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NE
7
0.5
NNE
13
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NW
10
0.9
NE
8
1
NE
9
1.1
NE
9
1.1
NE
9
1.3
NNE
10
1.1
NNE
11
0.7
NE
11
0.4
NE
11
0.4
NE
10
0.5
NE
11
0.4
NE
12
0.3
SE
13
0.9
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
10
1.7
NNW
11
1.8
NNW
11
2.4
NNW
11
2.5
NNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
107
96
138
157
159
217
109
152
203
220
389
275
117
32
26
64
34
26
180
265
693
787
1365
1756
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
NW
45
WNW
50
W
70
W
60
WSW
70
WSW
75
WSW
70
WSW
65
SW
75
SW
85
SW
80
WSW
75
SW
75
WSW
70
WSW
65
WSW
65
WSW
55
WSW
55
WSW
55
WSW
Wind State
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:25PM0.69m
9:17PM0.70m
1:54PM0.70m
9:59PM0.70m
3:12PM0.71m
Low Tide
4:31AM0.11m
4:55PM0.61m
5:28AM0.09m
6:08PM0.64m
6:30AM0.09m
7:35PM0.65m
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48
37
27
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Temp °C
28
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28
26
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25
25
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28
Feels °C
31
31
30
28
27
23
21
18
19
17
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15
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