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West Cape surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
19.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 7AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131313141414141515151514141414141413131366
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253286199245245412407346412360429429424466346346336273261398553814199217
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
10
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
5
SE
15
E
5
NE
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
E
20
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.95
3:10PM
0.28
2:47AM
0.99
3:25PM
0.31
3:15AM
1.02
3:40PM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.15
6:58PM
0.20
10:27AM
0.13
7:43PM
0.17
10:40AM
0.13
8:21PM
0.14
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--6:24-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset------8:38-------8:38-------8:37-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161717182020211818181923252624232121192019192022
Feels °C (?)111213151919191416181823252523202021171715141619
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