Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 AEDT
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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
18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 1AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (03 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111212111111111313131414131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)494953385366297450108314751498159116391504148212661083905734639502437392330244236
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
25
W
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
0.67
1:55PM
0.71
1:56AM
0.68
2:42PM
0.75
2:36AM
0.70
3:23PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
0.25
7:30AM
0.18
8:01PM
0.25
8:14AM
0.14
8:46PM
0.24
8:54AM
0.10
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:31-------7:33-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:07-------7:05
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C171716151414141414141412121315161414141413162020
Feels °C (?)151412118891010998891010710998121815
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