Alkimos surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 08 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Alkimos today?

The current surf forecast for Alkimos at 9PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 2.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
1.2
WSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121277111111111111111010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78595414273783463192115155646171008303690573416261170141117947414412255
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SE
25
SSW
35
SSW
20
S
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
ESE
15
SE
5
SE
15
SSE
20
ESE
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.45
3:47PM
0.41
9:22PM
0.42
4:09PM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.21
6:25PM
0.40
6:26AM
0.20
6:08AM
0.18
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------5:20-------5:20-------5:22
Sunset--7:25-------7:25-------7:25-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019192017161722242121231715172429272627222122
Feels °C (?)1714131314121112171815181698101926262322151415
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