The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 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):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 10PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)--
Afternoon (06 Aug)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (06 Aug)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu night, min 24°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly near gales.

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
17
1.8
S
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.2
SW
16
2.4
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.3
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
2.3
SSE
8
2.3
SSE
8
2.1
S
13
3.5
S
10
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
805
776
783
748
727
827
702
646
637
576
1556
2205
2410
2187
2049
2010
1890
1772
1601
Wind (km/h)
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:40AM1.09m
1:20PM0.95m
1:50AM1.13m
2:32PM0.99m
Low Tide
6:08PM0.31m
7:08AM0.29m
7:19PM0.30m
8:21AM0.22m
8:29PM0.25m
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6:48
6:48
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6:22
6:22
6:22
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
Feels °C
20
20
19
20
20
20
21
21
18
18
19
18
17
17
18
18
19
19
19
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