Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 02 Feb 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
18.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 7PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (02 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111211111111111111111111111111101116161212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13261132866739633617501398357309273237198194140137134134132159553783236228
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
NE
15
NW
5
WSW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
E
15
NE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
W
20
SW
15
SSW
5
WSW
10
NW
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.67
1:24AM
0.74
1:06PM
0.68
2:17AM
0.76
2:13PM
0.70
3:03AM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14AM
0.34
6:33PM
0.08
7:24AM
0.30
7:37PM
0.09
8:23AM
0.24
8:33PM
0.10
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise6:28-------6:30-------6:31-------
Sunset----8:31-------8:30-------8:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141413121110172425202019171821201817161616
Feels °C (?)9101010109886132120151615141518161516141414
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