Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today (23 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 5PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (23 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
| Evening (23 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Cape Paterson. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Friday 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1421 | 1094 | 965 | 765 | 754 | 711 | 690 | 623 | 632 | 581 | 599 | 501 | 451 | 444 | 364 | 314 | 260 | 260 | 255 | 205 | 212 | 234 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 8:04AM0.62m | 7:38PM0.59m | 9:07AM0.61m | 8:53PM0.57m | 10:11AM0.62m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:58PM0.37m | 2:17AM0.24m | 3:10PM0.37m | 3:27AM0.26m | 4:22PM0.34m | |||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | | |
 | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Temp °C | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 1421 | 1094 | 965 | 765 | 754 | 711 | 690 | 623 | 632 | 581 | 599 | 501 | 451 | 444 | 364 | 314 | 260 | 260 | 255 | 205 | 212 | 234 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | — | E 7 | ENE 3 | E 7 | E 7 | SW 16 | — | W 25 | SW 24 | WSW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | — | 12 | 22 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 7 | — | E 10 | — | W 16 | W 25 | SW 24 | SW 23 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 12 | 22 | 21 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SSE 2 | SE 3 | ESE 3 | E 3 | — | — | — | — | — | E 7 | NE 3 | — | NNE 2 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | W 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 5 | 5 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 45 | 5 | 5 |
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