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West Cape surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 29 Dec 2025 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
19.2° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 7PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm December 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)--
Afternoon (29 Dec)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (29 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)13131212121111710161015141414131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)732623884805263237638206104127181258305648621577560552543424405330240236
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SE
35
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SE
25
SE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
0.68
12:20AM
0.80
1:29PM
0.24
1:16AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
0.28
2:02PM
0.26
10:23AM
0.24
2:03PM
0.24
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Sunrise------6:09-------6:09-------6:09-
Sunset--8:38-------8:39-------8:39-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262422201816161617171614141313151818161414141416
Feels °C (?)2319161615111110111086766913138788810
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