Cape Liptrap surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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Cape Liptrap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Liptrap sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cape Liptrap today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Liptrap at 2AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
4
4
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
W
1.8
W
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)14141413131312121111111212111112128101113141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5497418630632182156111989316924713704267108056695537738791608336263717726903983727235
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
20
NNW
20
N
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
40
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
40
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
45
W
50
W
55
W
55
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10PM
2.55
7:14AM
2.38
6:58PM
2.43
8:08AM
2.26
7:54PM
2.28
9:11AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
0.05
1:05PM
0.84
1:40AM
0.23
2:06PM
0.95
2:43AM
0.43
3:19PM
1.02
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:13-------6:11-------6:09---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:08-------6:09
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1222111
Temp. °C1212111091115171815151715181817159109991011
Feels °C (?)4565459101310889129107-1-1-3-3-3-20
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cape Liptrap (light winds from the N at Pound Creek 33 km from Cape Liptrap). A 2.0m groundswell from the WSW

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33 km away, 48 min ago

9 km/h
N
0.0
13.5
Air / Water (°C)
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