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Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
18.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 2PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)10101010161515141414141413131313137778777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1681921711922452693014594535135064923983923353302862823968211075585522494
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
0.71
8:17PM
0.65
7:47AM
0.68
9:09PM
0.64
8:27AM
0.65
10:06PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.14
1:56AM
0.33
2:29PM
0.15
2:45AM
0.37
3:15PM
0.17
3:41AM
0.39
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise6:05-------6:07-------6:09-------
Sunset----8:44-------8:44-------8:43---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1222123--
Temp. °C151716161615151515181920171717171717161616161616
Feels °C (?)1214121213131414131514151314141414131089999
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