Tank Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.0° C
0.4° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 5AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 06). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (07 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (07 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 29°C on Thu night, min 28°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Thu night, strong winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon).

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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)
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
NW
12
2
NW
12
2.1
NW
13
1.9
NW
13
1.8
NW
13
1.7
NW
12
1.6
NW
12
1.3
NW
12
1.1
NW
12
1
NW
11
1.1
NW
12
1.1
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1.1
NW
11
1.3
ENE
14
1.3
ENE
13
1.3
ENE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
880
1112
1374
1210
1103
882
761
457
349
245
293
278
198
268
268
569
545
513
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
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
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:21AM0.73m
5:00PM0.63m
1:01AM0.74m
6:14PM0.67m
Low Tide
6:22PM0.55m
8:32AM0.16m
7:35PM0.61m
9:29AM0.09m
9:06PM0.65m
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6:00
6:00
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6:44
6:44
 mm
1
2
1
1
6
3
3
1
2
1
1
3
1
1
Temp °C
29
29
29
29
29
28
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
28
29
29
29
29
Feels °C
30
30
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
28
27
27
28
27
27
28
28
28
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