The Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 47.44° N 124.34° W

The Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cape sea temperature is
15.7°C
1.4° 

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


How big are the waves at The Cape today (24 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cape at 9PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)--
Afternoon (24 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (24 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
6
2.2
WNW
7
2.5
WNW
8
2.4
WNW
8
2.2
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
7
0.6
SW
13
1.1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
0.6
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
426
363
349
294
250
245
240
341
433
784
781
644
511
327
220
199
113
149
133
112
Wind (km/h)
5
N
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
0
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
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
cross
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:55AM2.85m
11:43PM2.97m
12:20PM3.03m
00:26AM3.03m
12:47PM3.19m
Low Tide
5:46PM1.20m
6:03AM0.73m
6:24PM0.93m
6:35AM0.77m
7:02PM0.68m
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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7:10
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7:08
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 mm
2
3
6
4
1
3
6
10
2
1
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Temp °C
12
12
12
13
13
14
13
12
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
13
14
13
12
11
Feels °C
11
10
10
11
10
11
11
6
7
8
10
10
10
10
9
12
11
9
8
7
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