Rocky Head surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 29 Aug 2025 AWST
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Rocky Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rocky Head sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rocky Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rocky Head at 7PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (29 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (29 Aug)7ft (2.1m)10s

Table - waves today at Rocky Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.9
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010161616202018181716161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)116112111221116011298801028976955854740967203728504148984282277457679661885305406639793580
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
W
15
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.40
12:52AM
0.59
1:28AM
0.58
3:04AM
0.57
5:41AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
0.16
4:46PM
0.14
4:43PM
0.11
4:06AM
0.56
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:35-------6:33
Sunset--5:51-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C1212111211109913151514151514141514141413121211
Feels °C (?)9981098761011101011111010119101110997
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Far South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rocky Head (light winds from the SE at North Walpole 13 km from Rocky Head). 2.2m 10s swell from the S with a 0.7m 18s long period groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 36 min ago

6 km/h
SE
Clean
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