Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 AWST
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Stark Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stark Bay sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Stark Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stark Bay at 6PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (30 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (30 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Stark Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616162020191818171616161616151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)32429942959874314171867162422652406224121331923182615921452127512571061917841805837936
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
5
NE
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.82
2:27AM
0.89
3:49AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
0.37
3:26PM
0.40
3:19PM
0.41
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:35-------6:33
Sunset--5:59-------6:00-------6:00-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111414141313131212141515141414131415161616161414
Feels °C (?)61311109101099131111111112111313121313151212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Rottnest Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Stark Bay (calm at Swanbourne Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Stark Bay). 0.7m 8s swell from the WSW with a 0.6m 16s long period groundswell, also from the WSW and a 0.4m 12s groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
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0.0
18.4
Air / Water (°C)
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