The Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 47.44° N 124.34° W

The Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cape sea temperature is
15.9°C
0.6° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cape at 5PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed morning).

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
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Thursday
3
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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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
1
W
9
0.6
SW
14
0.8
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
1.4
S
6
1.8
S
6
2.1
S
7
2.5
S
8
2.5
SSW
8
2.2
SSW
9
1.8
S
9
1.6
W
10
1.9
W
11
2.3
W
12
2.2
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.3
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
185
181
169
129
101
103
117
237
408
736
915
732
506
530
835
1519
1222
850
621
504
379
320
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
ESE
25
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
3:34PM3.28m
4:24AM2.58m
4:13PM3.26m
5:27AM2.38m
5:01PM3.19m
Low Tide
9:17AM1.05m
10:15PM0.68m
9:53AM1.27m
11:10PM0.69m
10:35AM1.48m
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6:35
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:55
7:53
 mm
1
1
1
4
4
6
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
12
12
12
13
17
16
15
14
13
Feels °C
14
16
15
15
14
11
10
10
8
8
8
10
11
8
8
8
10
15
14
13
12
11
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