The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Leap sea temperature is
27.2° C
0.3° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 9PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (08 Aug)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (08 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 24°C on Sat morning). Mainly near gales.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
9
2.3
SSE
9
2.2
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
1.3
S
19
1.6
S
19
1.8
S
17
1.9
S
17
3
SSE
16
3
SSE
16
2.4
S
15
2.1
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2171
2167
1957
1770
1635
1177
1060
990
950
923
856
1004
1004
1203
1781
1907
2076
4600
4058
2753
1911
Wind (km/h)
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
ESE
Wind State
cross
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:32PM0.99m
2:55AM1.20m
3:36PM1.05m
3:55AM1.27m
4:33PM1.12m
Low Tide
8:21AM0.22m
8:29PM0.25m
9:27AM0.14m
9:33PM0.19m
10:24AM0.06m
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6:48
6:48
6:48
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6:22
6:23
6:23
 mm
1
1
1
3
2
1
Temp °C
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
Feels °C
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
22
23
24
25
23
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