Japs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.41° S 142.52° E

Japs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Japs sea temperature is
16.1°C
2.0° 

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 (06 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Japs at 8AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (06 Nov)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (06 Nov)13ft (4.0m)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 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
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0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
0
0
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
12
3
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.4
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
12
2
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1030
2053
2795
3398
4950
5854
5928
5555
5270
5196
4983
4408
3943
3883
3675
3185
3010
2613
2427
2160
2124
1880
1769
1553
1355
1082
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
35
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:57AM0.58m
11:10AM0.55m
00:42AM0.71m
11:31AM0.53m
00:58AM0.82m
11:51AM0.52m
1:20AM0.91m
Low Tide
6:31AM0.48m
5:34PM0.33m
7:07AM0.43m
5:40PM0.25m
7:36AM0.40m
5:57PM0.17m
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cloud
cloud
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light rain
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rain showers
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light rain
clear
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part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
11
13
14
15
16
14
10
9
10
9
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
13
12
12
10
8
7
Feels °C
7
9
9
10
11
9
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
5
6
7
6
6
7
5
5
5
4
3
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