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Alkimos surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 AWST
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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
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Alkimos today?

The current surf forecast for Alkimos at 7AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (18 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
0
0
2
5
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
2
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131320191818171716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8208209151218114410779027347226305787727346791529296455405194460737632731247218561529
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
25
S
30
S
30
S
15
SE
30
E
35
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.69
9:05PM
0.70
9:35PM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.03
6:00AM
0.04
6:12AM
0.06
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:30----
Sunset------7:24-------7:24-------7:23-
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. °C191715172120201920191821293027252826232635393734
Feels °C (?)151413141715141516161417252622202419162030353229
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