Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.28° N 145.79° E

Tank Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 (02 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 11PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 6.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)--
Afternoon (02 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 138mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat morning, min 26°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the SW on Fri night, strong winds from the WSW by Sun night).

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NW
8
0.8
NW
8
0.4
NE
12
0.4
NE
12
0.4
NE
12
0.9
NW
9
0.3
ENE
16
0.3
ENE
16
0.3
ENE
16
1.8
NW
10
2
NW
11
2.1
NW
11
2
NW
11
2.3
NW
11
2.5
NW
11
3
NNW
11
3
NNW
12
2.5
NNW
11
3
NNW
12
3
NNW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
125
69
34
49
50
123
49
52
53
676
884
972
915
1189
1484
1925
1994
1901
2029
2029
Wind (km/h)
75
SW
75
SW
80
SW
80
SW
90
SW
90
SW
85
SW
75
SW
65
SW
65
SW
60
WSW
60
WSW
60
SW
55
WSW
55
WSW
55
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
1:54PM0.70m
9:59PM0.70m
3:12PM0.71m
10:56PM0.68m
4:08PM0.71m
Low Tide
6:08PM0.64m
6:30AM0.09m
7:35PM0.65m
7:35AM0.09m
8:56PM0.63m
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 mm
1
1
7
14
33
33
10
9
6
5
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
27
26
26
26
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
Feels °C
20
19
16
16
15
16
17
20
22
22
23
23
23
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
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