West Cape Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.25° S 136.83° E

West Cape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Cape sea temperature is
15.4°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 (06 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Cape at 7PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)--
Afternoon (06 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (06 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
2
4
4
5
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SW
16
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.5
SW
17
1.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2768
3023
3204
3323
3323
3395
3395
3023
3182
3222
2875
2516
2157
2129
1697
1456
1248
1123
1223
1165
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
NE
15
NNE
5
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
25
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
35
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:00PM0.78m
2:56AM0.47m
1:33PM0.79m
2:09AM0.55m
1:58PM0.78m
Low Tide
8:45PM0.24m
6:41AM0.38m
8:23PM0.27m
7:26AM0.28m
8:15PM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
15
15
12
11
10
10
12
14
15
17
17
16
17
17
19
22
24
23
23
Feels °C
11
10
10
7
6
5
4
7
11
14
13
13
13
13
11
13
15
18
16
16
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