Cable Station Reef surf break

Cable Station Reef surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 20 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
23.9° C
(Which is 2.6°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 10PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
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
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161514141414131313131312121212121267767719
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15071145996982862653536491414414341292304274226222614247345248183176164203
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
20
S
15
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
0.67
10:29PM
0.62
1:57PM
0.34
10:48PM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.09
6:27AM
0.13
4:23PM
0.32
6:35AM
0.16
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----5:30-------5:31-------5:31--
Sunset7:24-------7:23-------7:23-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C312932262426333738353331292928222221201918182020
Feels °C (?)252527201820283335313027242525171716151516161716
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