Cape Paterson Surf Forecast

/ VIC – East Coast (23 breaks) / Victoria (127 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.68° S 145.60° E)

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Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 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 14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 5PM is: 1.7m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	20s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	18s
Evening (15 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	17s

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

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	Wednesday 15						Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	8	15	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1567	1503	1598	1740	3580	3538	3457	2928	2503	2291	2093	1799	1599	2634	1358	1900	2033	2927	967	1454	1187	3430	2939	2629
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	SW	SSW	SE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:36AM 0.79				6:26PM 0.73				7:25AM 0.74				7:20PM 0.68					8:17AM 0.69				8:24PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)			12:35PM 0.24				12:52AM 0.09				1:27PM 0.26				1:45AM 0.16					2:25PM 0.28				2:44AM 0.23

	Wednesday 15						Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	15	22	26	26	19	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	5	7	10	10	11	10	8	9	11	16	18	20	14	10	9	9	7	4	3	4	5	5	4	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - East Coast

Wind Update Wind reports 19 km away suggest it is still onshore at Cape Paterson (light winds from the SSW at Pound Creek). 1.6m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.0m 18s long period groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 14 minutes ago Cape Paterson

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19 km away, 1 h 14 min ago

19 km/h

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14.0

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