Cape Schanck Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.50° S 144.89° E

Cape Schanck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Schanck sea temperature is
15.4°C
1.5° 

Cape Schanck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cape Schanck today (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Schanck at 4PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (04 Nov)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Wed night, light winds from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
2
WSW
6
2.4
SW
8
2.2
SW
8
2.1
SW
10
2
SW
10
1.5
SW
10
1.3
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.3
SW
6
0.4
SW
18
1.2
SW
11
1
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
0.4
SSW
15
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
367
319
286
244
0
614
564
842
800
469
414
447
447
125
113
360
357
1116
93
2171
2506
3110
3484
2801
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
25
W
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
on
High Tide
7:04AM1.58m
7:18PM1.40m
7:57AM1.48m
8:35PM1.35m
8:56AM1.40m
10:02PM1.35m
Low Tide
1:18PM0.52m
1:31AM0.46m
2:21PM0.52m
2:41AM0.61m
3:30PM0.49m
4:02AM0.71m
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2
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Temp °C
13
16
15
15
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
12
12
15
16
17
13
12
10
10
Feels °C
9
12
10
8
4
5
5
5
6
7
8
9
8
9
8
7
6
9
9
11
6
7
2
2
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