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Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 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
18.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 6AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (11 Mar)7ft (2.1m)6s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
SW
2.4
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111167778888910111111111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167205205205199195182268257471428547558619653671872109012981270702715986882
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
25
NNW
35
WNW
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crossononononcross-
on		onononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42PM
0.76
5:29AM
0.73
6:19PM
0.73
6:01AM
0.71
6:56PM
0.70
6:33AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:38PM
0.24
11:52AM
0.09
12:12AM
0.26
12:27PM
0.11
12:47AM
0.30
1:04PM
0.14
Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise----7:09-------7:11-------7:11---
Sunset-------7:44-------7:42-------7:40
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C181918192024201817161615151515151514141415151515
Feels °C (?)171816171618181310911788899888991011
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