Japs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

Japs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Japs sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.8° 

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 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Japs at 9PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s

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 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
2
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
15
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
4
SW
16
4.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3915
4471
4705
4826
4645
4412
4356
4356
3905
3856
3604
3792
3415
3020
2868
7085
8938
8970
8727
8200
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
S
5
E
5
NE
10
N
5
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
Wind State
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
1:53PM0.75m
6:00AM0.67m
1:46PM0.77m
1:29PM0.76m
Low Tide
9:46PM0.03m
8:41AM0.65m
10:05PM0.13m
10:07PM0.26m
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clear
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7:00
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6:58
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8:36
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7:37
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2
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Temp °C
11
11
10
10
9
8
7
11
13
13
12
11
10
10
13
12
12
12
12
11
Feels °C
7
7
7
8
8
6
4
9
10
9
10
7
5
4
7
4
4
5
7
7
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