Chicken Reef surf break

Chicken Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 01 Sep 2025 AWST
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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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Chicken Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Chicken Reef at 12AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (02 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
3
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131314141414141414151613161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1061917841805837987126412641384140514931538172118231874187419011733158817221372160813611038
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
offoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.93
5:17AM
0.96
6:28AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
0.41
3:21PM
0.41
3:31PM
0.39
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:31--
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------6:01-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717161514141616161514131313151515151514141516
Feels °C (?)141414141312131513121111101010109991010101313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Rottnest Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Chicken Reef (calm at Swanbourne Automatic Weather Station 23 km from Chicken Reef). A 1.7m groundswell from the WSW

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4 km/h
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0.0
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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