Cape Schanck Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.50° S 144.89° E

Cape Schanck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Schanck sea temperature is
14.2° C
0.9° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Schanck at 6PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (09 Jul)4ft (1.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, near gales from the N by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.2
SW
14
1.3
SW
15
1.6
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
0.2
S
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1.6
W
14
1
SW
13
1.9
W
6
3
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1194
1041
777
757
590
704
1347
1438
1267
1062
979
993
0
773
14
614
536
0
401
390
0
342
241
0
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
E
10
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
25
N
20
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
45
N
45
N
50
N
45
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:39AM1.46m
5:27PM1.56m
6:32AM1.49m
6:05PM1.52m
7:32AM1.51m
6:51PM1.49m
Low Tide
11:27AM0.57m
00:01AM0.25m
12:16PM0.66m
00:47AM0.18m
1:13PM0.75m
1:42AM0.13m
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7:37
7:37
7:35
7:35
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5:13
5:14
5:15
5:15
 mm
6
Temp °C
8
8
9
10
11
11
11
10
9
9
11
13
13
12
11
10
11
11
13
13
10
10
9
9
Feels °C
6
6
7
8
9
8
8
7
5
5
7
10
8
7
6
4
3
2
3
3
0
1
-1
-1
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