Japs surf break

Japs surfForecast / VIC – Far West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Japs today?

The current surf forecast for Japs at 5PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)6ft (1.8m)16s
Afternoon (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
!
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616141414141413131313131312121212111113131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166415321248100689989972660482012532454264123452174165213151111897662450947919841890
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
0
ESE
10
NE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
0.95
12:36AM
0.69
3:42PM
0.86
12:51AM
0.70
4:19PM
0.76
1:01AM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
-0.11
8:54PM
0.58
7:57AM
-0.07
9:03PM
0.61
8:27AM
0.01
9:10PM
0.62
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-7:01-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset---5:52-------5:52-------5:51----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192023231715141313172524242422211919242423222120
Feels °C (?)141519201614141312152323212018171514191919171615
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