The Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 47.44° N 124.34° W

The Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cape sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.0° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cape at 10PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)--
Afternoon (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
W
10
1
W
10
1
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.3
W
10
1.3
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
14
1.6
W
14
1.6
W
13
1.6
W
13
1.5
W
13
1.5
W
13
1.6
WNW
13
1.6
WNW
13
1.6
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.4
WNW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
200
198
198
296
363
374
392
452
469
1122
1004
905
878
752
752
774
750
754
511
569
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
5
N
5
E
5
NNE
5
W
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:54PM2.90m
10:59AM2.94m
10:56PM2.96m
11:34AM3.11m
Low Tide
4:02PM1.43m
4:29AM0.68m
4:58PM1.14m
5:14AM0.73m
5:45PM0.85m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
15
14
13
13
12
12
12
14
15
14
13
13
12
12
12
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
12
11
10
11
11
12
11
14
12
11
9
10
9
9
10
12
12
12
12
13
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