West Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.25° S 136.83° E

West Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Cape sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.5° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 19s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Cape at 9PM is: 2.3m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (22 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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)
4
3
2
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
1.8
SW
15
2.3
SW
19
2.3
SW
18
2.3
SW
17
2.3
SW
17
2.3
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.2
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2538
2061
1572
3511
3074
3039
2970
2839
2938
3301
2901
2414
2295
2147
2009
2147
2715
3040
2837
2179
Wind (km/h)
15
N
10
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
Wind State
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:40PM0.71m
1:36AM0.62m
1:16PM0.71m
1:43AM0.72m
1:47PM0.69m
Low Tide
7:27PM0.25m
7:15AM0.31m
7:33PM0.23m
7:51AM0.23m
7:42PM0.22m
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Temp °C
22
24
25
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20
18
16
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16
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12
Feels °C
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11
11
13
9
8
8
9
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