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Japs surfForecast / VIC – Far West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
16.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Japs today?

The current surf forecast for Japs at 4AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
2.2
ESE
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
0.8
SW
1.5
ESE
0.9
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121299151414141481414131313131388127122422
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)479398777629309676667573549650560422398335330320269319285214234248271403
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
E
25
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ESE
30
SSE
15
ESE
15
NE
20
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
0.96
11:57AM
0.37
2:41AM
0.99
1:04PM
0.42
3:02AM
1.01
1:44PM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
0.19
11:10AM
0.37
6:33PM
0.14
10:18AM
0.39
7:14PM
0.10
10:08AM
0.38
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:24-------6:26-------6:26---
Sunset8:53-------8:53-------8:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C201716151622232423181817212725192320191717202019
Feels °C (?)151312111219181918151514182322152118161516191715
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