Cape Paterson Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° S 145.60° E

Cape Paterson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Paterson sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.5° 

Cape Paterson surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (04 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (04 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
2.2
WSW
6
2.3
WSW
7
2.2
WSW
7
2.3
SW
7
2.1
SW
7
1.6
WSW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
WSW
11
1.7
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.7
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
11
2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
287
240
212
175
381
581
528
529
485
522
549
531
726
408
401
662
531
1401
1493
2079
2518
2883
3051
2590
Wind (km/h)
15
N
20
NW
30
WSW
35
W
40
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
7:17AM0.76m
7:32PM0.68m
8:08AM0.72m
8:41PM0.65m
9:02AM0.68m
9:58PM0.65m
Low Tide
1:30PM0.21m
1:44AM0.19m
2:30PM0.21m
2:47AM0.25m
3:32PM0.21m
3:58AM0.30m
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7:57
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Temp °C
12
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
13
11
12
15
16
17
14
12
10
10
Feels °C
9
12
10
8
5
6
6
6
7
8
7
9
8
9
8
6
6
9
10
11
9
8
4
3
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