Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 AEST
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Cape Paterson surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Paterson sea temperature is
12.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 11AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131415151515161616161615151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)52344943736229126622944659665470775295711841451167416502035204223362274224322121960
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
5
SW
10
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
0.68
8:44PM
0.66
10:28AM
0.67
10:00PM
0.64
11:33AM
0.69
11:18PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
0.36
3:34AM
0.13
4:21PM
0.35
4:43AM
0.15
5:34PM
0.32
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---5:45-------5:45-------5:46----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101114151616151414141517161514131212121212121110
Feels °C (?)7711131413121111121215131110877788888
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cape Paterson (light winds from the ENE at Pound Creek 19 km from Cape Paterson). 0.8m 15s groundswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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19 km away, 1 h 13 min ago

15 km/h
ENE
0.0
12.9
Air / Water (°C)
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