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West Cape surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
20.0° 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: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (04 Feb)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
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
1
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111118181616161615141414141414131313141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11711720931268681390687178466765865864869189310421042947961947947834757757
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
5
SE
5
ESE
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
10
SSE
20
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crossonglasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
0.90
4:10PM
0.54
4:22AM
0.84
4:32PM
0.61
4:32AM
0.77
4:59PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
0.18
9:42PM
0.12
10:44AM
0.16
10:13PM
0.16
10:50AM
0.12
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset------8:28-------8:27-------8:25-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818212025231817161617191920161515141619192116
Feels °C (?)181717201720191313121313171817111011101217171911
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