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Alkimos surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Alkimos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Alkimos sea temperature is
22.6° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Alkimos today?

The current surf forecast for Alkimos at 10AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.2
WSW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131212121212131367771010181116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10958706695815724514443764033043042607862032092091951691624245538179072790
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
E
5
E
10
NNE
20
N
25
W
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
0.61
2:08PM
0.32
10:46PM
0.54
2:08PM
0.37
10:54PM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
0.09
6:30AM
0.12
4:05PM
0.32
6:35AM
0.16
5:36PM
0.34
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:33------
Sunset----7:23-------7:23-------7:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232735383732302827302823222020201919212120191817
Feels °C (?)172130343530282623252519181616161616181615151414
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