West Cape surf break

West Cape surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 17 Jul 2025 ACST
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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
15.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at West Cape today?

The current surf forecast for West Cape at 1AM is: 3.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 8.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)11ft (3.5m)17s
Afternoon (18 Jul)10ft (3.0m)17s
Evening (18 Jul)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)191818181817171717161717171616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)75237451774174867009656053664545411250054998597072801079915554919954784959447140654013353934473022
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
35
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
0.84
6:17AM
0.84
5:01PM
0.73
7:42AM
0.88
9:46AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
0.46
11:55AM
0.61
11:37PM
0.43
11:45PM
0.40
Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Sunrise-----7:26-------7:26-------7:26--
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:30
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Rain (mm)
-------------3----------
Temp. °C141414141313131314131313141313131313141313131313
Feels °C (?)1010109776686445467891199888
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Yorke Peninsula

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at West Cape (light winds from the WNW at Stenhouse Bay 10 km from West Cape). A 2.6m long period groundswell from the SW

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1 h 19 min ago

15 km/h
WNW
Cross-Off
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