Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today (01 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 2PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (01 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
| Evening (01 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Cape Paterson. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Fri night, calm by Sat night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 631 | 704 | 711 | 701 | 691 | 785 | 682 | 635 | 732 | 581 | 451 | 444 | 967 | 979 | 953 | 940 | 928 | 821 | 742 | 763 | 752 | 742 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:36PM0.76m | 3:30AM0.84m | 3:16PM0.78m | 4:14AM0.84m | 3:58PM0.78m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:48AM0.20m | 8:57PM-0.00m | 9:29AM0.20m | 9:40PM-0.02m | 10:11AM0.21m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | |
 | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 17 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 631 | 704 | 711 | 701 | 691 | 785 | 682 | 635 | 732 | 581 | 451 | 444 | 967 | 979 | 953 | 940 | 928 | 821 | 742 | 763 | 752 | 742 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | — | — | — | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | — | — | — | 181 | 258 | 255 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | WSW 5 | WSW 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 19 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 3 | W 3 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 4 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | 3 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 221 | 360 | 452 | 352 | 306 | 233 | 178 | 118 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 5 | 23 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 49 | 49 | 45 | 49 | 66 | 264 | 264 | 255 | 255 | 255 | 255 | 71 | 71 | 66 |
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cape Paterson surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest