Cable Station Reef surf break

Cable Station Reef surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 19 Jan 2026 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Cable Station Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cable Station Reef sea temperature is
24.0° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cable Station Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Cable Station Reef at 5AM is: 2.4m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

Table - waves today at Cable Station Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)201918171716161616151414141413131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1207228935313728329826692008181115071145996874811700545528451414341292283230230180
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
S
15
SE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
S
30
SSW
20
S
20
ESE
35
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
20
SSE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
WNW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
0.70
10:05PM
0.67
10:29PM
0.62
1:57PM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
0.07
6:18AM
0.09
6:27AM
0.13
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:30-------5:31--
Sunset7:24-------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. °C252429252324323430293226242533373733333129292925
Feels °C (?)202124191618273024252719181928323429282624232521
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