The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Leap sea temperature is
27.5° 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 (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 14s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 10AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 26s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (20 Jul)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (20 Jul)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Mon morning, calm by Wed night).

Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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)
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
14
1.8
SE
14
1.9
SE
14
1.8
SE
13
1.9
SSE
13
1.9
SSE
13
1.7
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
0.9
SSW
21
0.9
SSW
20
1.8
SE
12
1.4
SW
18
1.4
SW
17
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.8
S
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1470
1231
1255
1144
1198
1226
821
735
778
728
673
970
1111
1073
767
748
644
644
573
477
441
314
536
Wind (km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
11:15AM1.05m
11:52PM1.06m
12:16PM0.97m
00:50AM1.03m
1:20PM0.91m
Low Tide
5:03AM0.29m
5:27PM0.28m
6:07AM0.34m
6:23PM0.34m
7:14AM0.37m
7:22PM0.38m
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6:54
6:54
6:54
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6:19
6:20
6:20
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
20
21
20
21
21
22
23
23
23
23
24
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
27
28
28
28
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