West Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.25° S 136.83° E

West Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Cape sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.7° 

West Cape surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at West Cape today (12 Sep):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Cape at 11PM is: 1.1m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)--
Afternoon (12 Sep)--
Evening (12 Sep)5ft (1.5m)15s

Table - waves today at West Cape. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sat night, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
1
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
15
1.1
SW
17
1
SW
17
1.4
SW
17
1.3
SW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.1
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1185
988
671
575
1133
823
1433
1415
1098
572
893
846
822
788
591
504
521
444
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
30
N
20
NNE
30
NW
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
2:25AM0.82m
2:37PM0.76m
2:47AM0.89m
2:43PM0.71m
Low Tide
8:23PM0.25m
8:35AM0.19m
8:29PM0.21m
9:02AM0.23m
8:37PM0.16m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
1
4
Temp °C
20
22
20
18
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
14
13
13
13
16
16
14
Feels °C
15
16
14
12
13
11
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
10
9
12
12
10
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