Cape Schanck Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.50° S 144.89° E

Cape Schanck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Schanck sea temperature is
14.0°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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Schanck at 7AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (10 Oct)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sat morning, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
3
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.5
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
0.2
ESE
8
1.5
SW
14
0.6
SW
18
1
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1
SW
17
2.2
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1194
1055
988
767
746
736
6
816
258
331
996
540
0
2808
3577
3486
3158
2978
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
20
NW
15
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
15
SW
15
NW
5
SW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
N
30
N
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
cross
on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:26PM1.38m
11:50AM1.39m
00:36AM1.49m
12:42PM1.42m
Low Tide
5:41AM0.58m
6:09PM0.46m
6:46AM0.56m
7:00PM0.34m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
19
17
17
16
14
15
18
17
18
15
15
14
13
16
21
23
23
20
Feels °C
14
13
14
11
7
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13
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15
14
12
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12
15
18
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14
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