West Cape surf break

West Cape surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 11 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
20.9° C
(Which is 2.4°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 10PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101010101018171616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4663643132561921381361361331339292949496243661729733685752742731621
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.61
4:45AM
0.57
9:41PM
0.65
11:54PM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.16
12:39AM
0.50
12:45PM
0.15
1:10PM
0.16
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:22-
Sunset--8:39-------8:39-------8:39-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717141313141517171815141515161919191515151516
Feels °C (?)131410878101215151399111112171814910101011
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