The Leap Surf Break

Lat Long: 13.63° S 172.70° W

The Leap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 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 (09 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Leap at 2AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (09 Aug)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (09 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly near gales.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
1.7
S
12
1.3
S
19
1.6
S
19
1.8
S
17
1.9
S
17
3
SSE
16
3
SSE
16
3
SSE
15
2
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1885
1731
1599
1254
1060
990
1107
1079
990
1055
805
1203
1781
1907
2076
4600
4161
3706
1722
Wind (km/h)
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
SE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
Wind State
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
8:29PM0.25m
9:27AM0.14m
9:33PM0.19m
10:24AM0.06m
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6:48
6:48
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6:22
6:23
6:23
 mm
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
25
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
19
17
17
17
18
19
20
20
20
20
20
22
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
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