The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

Issued: 12 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Leap sea temperature is

28.1°C

The Leap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Leap today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 20s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 4PM is: 0.7m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	20s
Evening (08 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.
	Thu 8					Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	227	373	369	318	504	395	312	600	600	580	521	515	521	534	547	547	515	502	502	502	614
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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
High Tide				4:49PM1.24m				5:06AM1.26m				5:29PM1.26m				5:48AM1.24m				6:07PM1.27m
Low Tide		10:38AM0.08m				10:57PM0.11m				11:18AM0.08m				11:40PM0.09m				11:56AM0.10m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1
Temp °C	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Feels °C	25	25	23	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	S 18	S 18	S 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16
kJ	224	221	191	318	504	395	312	600	600	580	521	515	521	534	547	547	515	502	502	502	502
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 20	S 19	SW 14	SW 14	SW 18	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	S 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12
kJ	112	373	369	191	189	316	264	254	181	119	106	104	66	60	60	58	57	51	49	49	47
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 21	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SW 13	SW 14	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	227	105	71	69	69	144	151	39	37	37	37	37	37	35	18	18	18	18	17	18	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10
kJ	174	210	299	295	295	231	225	233	247	255	219	247	237	244	229	284	371	371	403	448	614
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3
Distance (km)	1173	565	874	874	1073	1073	1140	1173	1173	1173	1179	1173	1173	1179	1173	1179	1173	1173	1173	1173	2441
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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