Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at West Cape today (06 Aug):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for West Cape at 11PM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (ACST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 Aug) | - | - |
| Evening (06 Aug) | 7ft (2.1m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at West Cape. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Thu night, near gales from the WSW by Sun morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | ||||||||||||||||
6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1531 | 2039 | 2350 | 2601 | 2266 | 2475 | 2641 | 2471 | 2274 | 2068 | 1761 | 1697 | 1654 | 1613 | 1491 | 1432 | 1647 | 1382 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:31PM0.66m | 7:23AM0.88m | 10:10AM0.91m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:51PM0.30m | 10:54PM0.29m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | |  | | |  |  | | | |  |  |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Temp °C | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 1531 | 2039 | 2350 | 2601 | 2266 | 2475 | 2641 | 2471 | 2274 | 2068 | 1761 | 1697 | 1654 | 1613 | 1491 | 1432 | 1647 | 1382 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 6 | — | SW 19 | — | — | N 4 | NW 4 | — | — | WNW 6 | — | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NW 5 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 15 | 10 | 8 | — | 494 | — | — | 13 | 5 | — | — | 11 | — | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | — | — | — | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | N 4 | N 5 | — | NNE 4 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 4 | N 4 | N 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 34 | — | 18 | 44 | 57 | 86 | 76 | 50 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 44 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 14 | 485 | 143 |
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