Japs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

Japs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Japs sea temperature is
14.2° C
0.4° 

Japs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Japs today (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Japs at 6PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (04 Aug)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (04 Aug)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue morning, light winds from the WNW by Thu night).

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
3
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
12
3.5
SW
12
3.5
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
2.2
SW
10
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.7
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.1
SW
17
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.3
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3087
3256
2941
2255
1708
1376
1278
1001
1754
1602
1521
1233
1006
802
671
546
502
644
1300
991
1381
1029
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:54PM0.79m
3:38AM0.71m
2:51PM0.74m
4:19AM0.71m
2:36PM0.71m
Low Tide
8:44AM0.28m
9:21PM0.20m
9:10AM0.38m
9:31PM0.15m
9:28AM0.49m
9:44PM0.11m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:43
5:44
5:45
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
12
11
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
10
8
8
9
11
12
12
11
Feels °C
4
5
5
5
6
7
7
6
6
7
7
8
10
9
6
3
4
4
7
8
9
9
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