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Japs surfForecast / VIC – Far West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 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
17.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Japs today?

The current surf forecast for Japs at 1AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
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)
1
2
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4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)161616111414141413131212121212131313141515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232020073678156752125216540051714696431136803190305430543104306831163532424358646290535848814158
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
0.97
2:05PM
0.56
2:57AM
0.94
2:30PM
0.65
3:07AM
0.89
2:58PM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.14
9:24AM
0.34
7:58PM
0.12
9:20AM
0.31
8:29PM
0.13
9:20AM
0.26
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset8:27-------8:25-------8:23-------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515141517191918161514151718181716151414222319
Feels °C (?)101111101112141414141312131416161616141313222117
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