The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 06 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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 6AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (06 Aug)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (06 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed night, min 24°C on Wed night). Mainly near gales.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
18
2
S
11
2
S
11
1.2
SW
17
1.2
SW
17
1.2
SW
17
1.9
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.2
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
2.5
SSE
8
2.3
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
2.3
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
7
2.5
SSE
14
3
SSE
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
635
1022
1022
857
844
805
846
867
748
644
807
686
600
621
537
2321
1465
2250
2206
1980
1861
1704
1701
1535
Wind (km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:32PM1.07m
12:05PM0.95m
00:40AM1.09m
1:20PM0.95m
1:50AM1.13m
2:32PM0.99m
Low Tide
5:53AM0.32m
6:08PM0.31m
7:08AM0.29m
7:19PM0.30m
8:21AM0.22m
8:29PM0.25m
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6:50
6:48
6:48
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6:22
6:22
6:22
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
24
24
25
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
25
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
Feels °C
23
21
20
22
21
21
20
19
20
21
20
21
19
17
19
19
20
18
18
17
17
17
19
19
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