Chicken Reef surf break

Chicken Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 2PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (04 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
0.9
WSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313131278121212126688
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3628867808591083304304299613486424376723325264250251463403578200408469416
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
10
SE
30
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
30
ESE
30
E
20
ESE
25
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
50
S
45
SSE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.43
10:28PM
0.58
12:45PM
0.45
10:25PM
0.48
12:53PM
0.49
9:47PM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
0.24
3:52PM
0.40
5:51AM
0.23
4:53PM
0.38
5:20AM
0.22
6:01PM
0.40
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-5:43-------5:45-------5:46------
Sunset----7:17-------7:16-------7:15---
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. °C161521222025242017172223212326232120242423232420
Feels °C (?)9917151319161411111916151821171616201716141513
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