The Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 47.44° N 124.34° W

The Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cape sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.5° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cape at 9PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)--
Afternoon (10 Sep)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (10 Sep)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
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)
1.4
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
9
0.7
SW
16
1.4
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1.1
WNW
10
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
192
392
468
490
554
490
479
396
271
322
266
367
358
229
322
318
163
251
245
206
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
WNW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
E
0
ESE
5
ENE
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
0
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
12:47PM3.12m
00:43AM3.27m
1:19PM3.24m
1:29AM3.19m
1:51PM3.31m
Low Tide
6:41PM0.92m
7:03AM0.48m
7:25PM0.73m
7:38AM0.64m
8:07PM0.61m
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:39
7:37
7:36
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
14
13
14
14
14
15
16
16
15
14
14
14
14
16
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
12
11
11
11
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
14
13
15
13
13
14
15
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