Japs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

Japs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Japs sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.6° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Japs at 4AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (02 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (02 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
2
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
2.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4.5
WSW
14
5
WSW
14
5
SW
14
5.5
SW
14
5.5
SW
14
5
SW
14
5.5
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1624
1273
2913
3241
4643
5478
5822
5588
5651
5792
6408
8892
10039
9403
11640
11868
10836
11919
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:43AM0.84m
1:57PM0.72m
3:15AM0.85m
1:52PM0.71m
Low Tide
8:11PM0.12m
8:36AM0.34m
8:23PM0.07m
8:56AM0.44m
8:38PM0.03m
mod rain
light rain
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light rain
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:08
 mm
8
1
2
Temp °C
13
13
11
11
10
10
13
13
13
13
12
13
12
12
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
8
9
6
6
5
6
7
8
8
7
5
6
5
4
4
6
5
6
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