Cape Schanck Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Victoria – Mornington Peninsula, Australia)

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Dominator @ the Schanck, Cape Schanck photo

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Surf Break: Cape Schanck

Cape Schanck Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: consistent

Best: Swell SE | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 16.2 °C

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Friday, 24 May 2013, 07:46 Local time

m, °C	Thu		Fri
ft, °F	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass

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Cape Schanck in Mornington Peninsula is a fairly exposed reef break that has reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the southeast. A reef breaks left. Best around low tide. It's often crowded here. Watch out for dangerous rips.

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For Port Phillip Heads, Australia, 32 miles from Cape Schanck.

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Cape Schanck Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At SHIP3052, 20 km from Cape Schanck.

moderate winds from the E

km/h

Air temperature
13.3 °C

Current weather near Cape Schanck

Overall Cape Schanck Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

This image describes the range of swells directed at Cape Schanck through a typical May... (show all text)

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Also see Cape Schanck surf quality by season and Cape Schanck surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Cape Schanck: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Bushrangers Bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Gunnamatta Beach	3 mi
Third closest break	St Andrews Beach	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Cyrils and Big Left	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Gunnery	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Cape Schanck:
Closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	5341 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	5367 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5503 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5560 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	5875 mi
Tide stations nearest to Cape Schanck:
Closest tide station	Port Phillip Heads	20 mi
Second closest tide station	Stony Point	20 mi
Third closest tide station	Westernport	20 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Geelong	37 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Melbourne	44 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Cape Schanck:
Closest ski area	Mt Donna Buang (Australia)	69 mi
Second closest ski area	Lake Mountain (Australia)	88 mi
Third closest ski area	Mount Baw Baw (Australia)	88 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Mt St Gwinear (Australia)	90 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mount Buller (Australia)	126 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Cape Schanck:
Closest city location	Frankston East (Australia)	29 mi
Second closest city location	Geelong (Australia)	34 mi
Third closest city location	Cranbourne (Australia)	35 mi
Fourth closest city location	Geelong West (Australia)	39 mi
Fifth closest city location	Hoppers Crossing (Australia)	44 mi

The closest passenger airport to Cape Schanck is Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW) in Australia, 61 km (38 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Cape Schanck is Avalon Airport (AVV), also in Australia, 63 km (39 miles) away.
Third is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) in Australia, 86 km (53 miles) away.
Melbourne International Airport (MEL) in Australia is 92 km (57 miles) away.
Albury Airport (ABX), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Cape Schanck and is 327 km (203 miles) away.

Cape Schanck break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Cape Schanck, VIC - Mornington Peninsula. Use the tab navigation above to view Cape Schanck sea temperature, Cape Schanck photographs, Cape Schanck detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Cape Schanck webcams, current wind from VIC - Mornington Peninsula live weather stations and Cape Schanck tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Cape Schanck.

Cape Schanck Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Victoria – Mornington Peninsula, Australia)

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Overall Cape Schanck Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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