Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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
17.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 9PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313121212121313131313131316151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8997996667156285534884804183463802862862051752422021341148387107162155
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
W
10
SE
15
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
ESE
20
E
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:08PM
0.68
9:05AM
0.65
10:13PM
0.66
10:26AM
0.63
11:19PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.14
3:10AM
0.30
3:36PM
0.20
4:23AM
0.30
4:50PM
0.24
5:36AM
0.27
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:28-------7:30-------7:31-
Sunset-7:15-------7:14-------7:13------
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151414141620212021202020212425242322202022
Feels °C (?)131313151314121519191718171817192223201918161516
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