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Cape Direction (Hurdies) surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Cape Direction (Hurdies) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Direction (Hurdies) sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Direction (Hurdies) today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Direction (Hurdies) at 3AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

Table - waves today at Cape Direction (Hurdies). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121314141414141414131313121212121212121223
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)838285619311811679797775714544333115151514141414106
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
5
NE
15
E
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23PM
0.58
6:15AM
1.21
9:15PM
0.59
6:59AM
1.21
10:00PM
0.61
7:43AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
0.56
2:22PM
0.14
11:19PM
0.57
3:04PM
0.12
12:16AM
0.59
3:44PM
0.12
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----5:52-------5:52-------5:54---
Sunset8:47-------8:47-------8:46-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414131416171716141414151819191715141314182020
Feels °C (?)101010101111111111111111121313131212111012161718
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