The Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 47.44° N 124.34° W

The Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 24 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cape sea temperature is
13.6° C
1.3° 

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 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 24s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cape at 8PM is: 0.5m 24s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jul)--
Afternoon (24 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (24 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)24s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
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)
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
14
0.9
WNW
8
0.5
SW
24
0.7
SW
24
0.7
SW
24
0.6
SW
24
0.6
SW
24
0.5
SW
24
0.6
WSW
22
0.7
SW
21
0.9
SW
21
0.9
SW
21
0.9
SW
21
0.7
SW
21
0.7
SW
21
0.7
SW
20
0.9
SW
20
0.9
WSW
20
1
SW
19
0.9
SW
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
102
105
275
563
563
444
444
271
326
467
664
664
664
463
458
400
552
664
738
546
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:09PM2.91m
11:36AM2.28m
10:04PM2.96m
12:18PM2.38m
10:53PM3.05m
Low Tide
2:48PM1.87m
4:43AM0.79m
3:56PM1.88m
5:29AM0.66m
4:54PM1.83m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:46
5:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:00
9:00
8:59
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
6
2
Temp °C
17
17
16
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
Feels °C
16
16
16
15
14
13
12
11
12
13
14
14
14
15
14
12
12
12
14
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Cape surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest