Cape Schanck Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.50° S 144.89° E

Cape Schanck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Schanck sea temperature is
15.7°C
1.9° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Schanck at 10PM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)--
Afternoon (29 Oct)7ft (2.2m)15s
Evening (29 Oct)7ft (2.1m)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. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the NNW by Sat morning).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2168
2021
1825
1647
1542
1441
1421
1196
1163
1048
951
837
722
637
553
431
424
369
1034
265
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
20
NE
20
NNE
35
N
35
N
45
NNW
25
W
40
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
3:16AM1.89m
2:54PM1.60m
4:00AM1.90m
3:39PM1.63m
Low Tide
8:33PM-0.05m
9:20AM0.49m
9:18PM-0.09m
10:02AM0.48m
10:04PM-0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
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6:13
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Temp °C
13
13
13
12
12
12
11
13
16
19
20
21
18
19
19
16
17
16
15
14
Feels °C
10
10
11
11
11
11
9
12
13
15
17
17
14
12
11
8
14
10
9
9
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