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Japs surfForecast / VIC – Far West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 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
14.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Japs today?

The current surf forecast for Japs at 3PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Oct)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (17 Oct)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141515151414141313131313121212121212121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32534529525551064883448548964056399637753567311627082418206517211319106597012801302109812111750
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
ESE
15
ENE
15
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
0.68
1:39AM
0.47
12:33PM
0.68
12:54AM
0.59
12:37PM
0.67
1:02AM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
0.38
5:42AM
0.42
7:10PM
0.37
6:32AM
0.37
6:48PM
0.31
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset---7:49-------7:50-------7:51----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121313131311111111121214161516192022221714131212
Feels °C (?)787786667991213119111114151210101010
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - Far West

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Japs (moderate winds from the SW at Warrnambool Airport Ndb 15 km from Japs). A 2.9m groundswell from the SW

    1 hour 8 minutes ago Japs
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1 h 8 min ago

24 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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