Japs surf break

Japs surfForecast / VIC – Far West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 AEST
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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
14.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Japs today?

The current surf forecast for Japs at 7PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)--
Afternoon (23 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (23 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
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3
2
3
3
3
4
4
!
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4
2
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313141419181717161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)482350504823454241103601327526932367216321222209283235344013496344893683298523541764149412901004
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
40
N
35
NNE
40
N
45
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
0.91
12:17AM
0.52
1:31PM
0.90
12:54AM
0.62
1:40PM
0.87
1:27AM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.40
6:21AM
0.15
7:53PM
0.35
6:57AM
0.15
7:53PM
0.29
7:28AM
0.17
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:01
Sunset-5:59-------6:00-------6:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13121211988811121110889131818161817161717
Feels °C (?)989965559986334714149107777
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - Far West

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 15 km away suggest it is still onshore at Japs (light winds from the SSE at Warrnambool Airport Ndb). A 3.1m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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11 km/h
SSE
Onshore
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