The Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 47.44° N 124.34° W

The Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cape sea temperature is
13.2° C
1.7° 

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 (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cape at 9AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (23 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (23 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
8
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
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
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
245
217
249
227
199
199
199
168
151
119
116
111
102
100
275
563
563
444
444
271
326
467
664
664
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:19AM2.11m
8:13PM2.91m
10:39AM2.17m
9:09PM2.91m
11:36AM2.28m
10:04PM2.96m
Low Tide
2:47AM1.00m
1:38PM1.77m
3:49AM0.91m
2:48PM1.87m
4:43AM0.79m
3:56PM1.88m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:45
5:46
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9:01
9:00
9:00
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
15
15
16
15
14
14
13
14
17
17
17
15
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
15
Feels °C
13
13
13
14
14
16
15
14
14
13
14
16
16
16
14
14
12
11
11
11
11
11
13
14
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