Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SE
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111110101081012991120191918181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108104999796585756535150402523373945993847421044139914611390
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
0
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
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
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.72
9:34PM
0.69
9:06AM
0.68
10:45PM
0.67
10:22AM
0.65
11:55PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
0.08
3:20AM
0.34
3:54PM
0.12
4:36AM
0.34
5:07PM
0.16
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset----8:00------7:59-------7:57----
part cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-21-------235421------
Temp. °C172024221918181819202221191918181919171616161615
Feels °C (?)141821181513141518192123201919202019161414141413
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