Chicken Reef surf break

Chicken Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 20 Dec 2025 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Chicken Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chicken Reef sea temperature is
22.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chicken Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Chicken Reef at 11PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)--
Afternoon (20 Dec)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (20 Dec)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
SW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
2.1
SW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)78891313131313131313131313131817161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)520676582354321700649700105348440240240246973461525281274115592113761088846902
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
50
S
40
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
45
S
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
30
SE
35
ESE
35
E
30
E
10
ESE
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
1.09
9:24PM
1.06
9:52PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.28
7:10AM
0.26
7:42AM
0.23
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Sunrise-----5:07-------5:07-------5:09--
Sunset7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------
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. °C192120161515181819191918171720202021212019202726
Feels °C (?)911118910141113121111111316141417171413152520
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