Cape Schanck Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Cape Schanck

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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Overall Cape Schanck Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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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, Australia	20 mi
Second closest tide station	Stony Point, Australia	20 mi
Third closest tide station	Geelong, Australia	37 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Melbourne, Australia	44 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Loutit Bay, Australia	49 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	Blairgowrie (Australia)	11 mi
Second closest city location	Sorrento (Australia)	15 mi
Third closest city location	Phillip Island (Australia)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Cowes (Australia)	19 mi
Fifth closest city location	Queenscliff (Australia)	21 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.