West Cape surf break

West Cape surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 ACDT
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West Cape surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's West Cape sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at West Cape today?

The current surf forecast for West Cape at 12AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
4
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131314141414141414141515151616151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)110211021029947947975101812381558181220272358283231303130286927222358232620271889177616471850
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
10
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
0.81
3:50PM
0.74
3:51AM
0.76
4:12PM
0.81
4:00AM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
0.13
9:48AM
0.15
9:47PM
0.15
9:55AM
0.12
10:13PM
0.19
10:05AM
0.08
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:13--
Sunset7:57-------7:54-------7:53-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171817171717181818171717171718181917171716161819
Feels °C (?)141616161716161616151718181718151613151513131718
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