The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Leap sea temperature is
27.3°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 (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 2PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (29 Aug)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.

Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.9
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.6
SE
8
1.6
SE
8
0.7
S
18
0.7
S
18
0.8
S
18
0.8
S
17
0.8
S
17
0.8
S
16
0.8
S
16
0.8
S
16
0.8
S
15
0.8
S
15
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
13
0.8
S
13
0.8
S
13
0.8
S
13
0.8
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
458
427
434
418
372
346
325
314
399
386
368
347
334
318
282
267
253
232
225
219
212
206
199
Wind (km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
40
E
35
E
35
ESE
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
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
cross-off
High Tide
6:47AM1.21m
7:10PM1.16m
7:23AM1.19m
7:47PM1.17m
8:03AM1.15m
8:27PM1.16m
Low Tide
1:01PM0.13m
1:14AM0.17m
1:35PM0.14m
1:54AM0.18m
2:13PM0.17m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:25
6:25
6:25
 mm
4
3
1
Temp °C
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
26
26
27
27
27
26
26
Feels °C
23
22
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
27
26
27
26
25
24
25
26
26
25
24
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