Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Leap sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.1° 

The Leap 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 Leap today (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 5AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (15 Oct)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (15 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed night, min 25°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.5
SE
8
1.6
SE
7
1.6
SE
7
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
1.4
SE
7
0.8
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
17
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
14
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
1.5
SSE
8
0.7
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
260
260
277
233
255
260
341
179
310
376
443
580
249
246
214
344
362
367
362
251
276
255
302
211
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
30
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:20AM0.90m
9:32PM1.00m
10:18AM0.84m
10:30PM0.94m
11:27AM0.80m
Low Tide
3:09AM0.28m
3:08PM0.38m
4:01AM0.34m
4:00PM0.43m
5:04AM0.38m
5:04PM0.47m
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Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
25
25
24
23
23
23
23
23
24
21
21
21
26
25
25
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
24
24
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