The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Leap sea temperature is
27.4° C
0.2° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 20s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 8AM is: 0.9m 21s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)3ft (0.9m)20s
Afternoon (21 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)18s
Evening (21 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Mon night, calm by Thu morning).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
0.9
SSW
21
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
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
1.1
S
20
1.1
S
19
1.1
S
19
1.2
S
18
1.1
S
18
1.1
S
17
1.1
S
16
1
S
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
735
835
728
673
646
1111
1073
767
748
644
644
573
477
441
314
536
951
900
864
940
768
734
667
535
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
15
SSW
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
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
on
High Tide
11:52PM1.06m
12:16PM0.97m
00:50AM1.03m
1:20PM0.91m
1:48AM1.02m
2:22PM0.88m
Low Tide
6:07AM0.34m
6:23PM0.34m
7:14AM0.37m
7:22PM0.38m
8:19AM0.36m
8:19PM0.39m
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thunderstorm
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6:54
6:54
6:54
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6:20
6:20
6:20
 mm
1
2
5
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
27
26
26
26
26
26
25
25
24
Feels °C
23
23
23
23
24
24
26
25
26
27
27
26
28
27
27
30
28
29
29
29
30
29
29
27
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