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Japs surfForecast / VIC – Far West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Japs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Japs sea temperature is
17.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Japs today?

The current surf forecast for Japs at 3AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
16 DaysHourly
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Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
3
1
0
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!
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4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131414141414141515151414141413131313131313121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196118861811165714291637239032383477341931872667231720501708147412471144112710218257999591006
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		onononglassglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.73
2:47PM
0.90
2:20AM
0.68
3:15PM
0.95
2:19AM
0.67
3:45PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.22
8:18AM
0.16
8:59PM
0.28
8:26AM
0.07
9:23PM
0.35
8:40AM
-0.00
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:31-------7:33-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:38-------7:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615141417191817181615162024201817171717192120
Feels °C (?)141414121316171413161413141922171716171716171816
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