Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
30.5°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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 9PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 28°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
7
0.5
NE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.5
NW
13
0.6
NW
12
0.5
NNE
14
0.6
NW
12
0.6
NNE
13
0.5
NNE
13
0.5
NNE
13
0.6
NNE
13
1
NE
8
1
NE
8
1
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
25
31
33
27
28
67
85
122
104
108
139
99
96
125
123
121
114
101
107
Wind (km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
8:16PM0.70m
11:02AM0.69m
8:44PM0.70m
12:25PM0.69m
9:17PM0.70m
Low Tide
3:39AM0.15m
3:56PM0.56m
4:31AM0.11m
4:55PM0.61m
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clear
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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1
1
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1
1
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3
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4
1
1
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3
Temp °C
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
28
29
29
29
29
29
28
Feels °C
33
33
32
33
32
32
32
31
33
32
32
32
33
30
31
32
32
32
32
31
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