Cape Paterson surf break

Cape Paterson surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
17.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Paterson today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Paterson at 6PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Apr)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (11 Apr)15ft (4.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121313141414141498812127888881010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)301735664903638167206599711576237420675658792194181615822507206182011291118939664638777695
Wind
(km/h)
45
WNW
50
NW
50
WNW
50
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.66
6:04PM
0.70
5:42AM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.15
12:02AM
0.31
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:55-------5:54-------5:52----
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-12121121111--1121-1--1
Temp. °C121213131313131313131314141415151515151616161515
Feels °C (?)21223333334566889981011111011
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