Cape Direction (Hurdies) Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.05° S 147.42° E

Cape Direction (Hurdies) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cape Direction (Hurdies) sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.5° 

Cape Direction (Hurdies) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cape Direction (Hurdies) today (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 19s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Direction (Hurdies) at 2PM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (11 Oct)3ft (0.9m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun night, min 6°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
0
2
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
19
1.2
SSW
19
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.2
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
13
1.9
SW
13
2.2
SW
6
2.5
SSW
7
1.4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
733
1194
1194
1179
602
939
1050
1026
804
1036
803
679
561
445
339
316
362
434
0
331
718
967
Wind (km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
ESE
0
SW
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
20
S
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
30
W
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
W
25
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:30AM0.96m
8:46PM0.69m
7:55AM1.00m
10:10PM0.65m
8:23AM1.03m
Low Tide
2:37PM0.34m
1:15AM0.55m
3:31PM0.29m
1:25AM0.60m
4:23PM0.25m
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clear
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6:26
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6:24
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6:24
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7:27
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7:28
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7:30
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1
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1
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1
1
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1
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1
1
Temp °C
12
14
17
17
18
17
14
11
10
12
14
12
10
9
8
7
6
8
10
11
10
9
Feels °C
10
11
15
16
14
14
12
7
7
9
11
5
3
1
2
0
-1
-1
1
2
1
2
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