Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 AWST
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Cottesloe Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cottesloe Beach sea temperature is
23.3° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cottesloe Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 12AM is: 1.2m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)--
Afternoon (26 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (26 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

Table - waves today at Cottesloe Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
WSW
1.8
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161678910111313131313121111121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3605766578708388381826220073093591084975715751430129714711521443319313324480617
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
W
25
SW
30
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
0.56
11:08PM
0.48
5:09PM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.15
8:12AM
0.19
8:11AM
0.22
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise-----5:09-------5:09-------5:11--
Sunset7:22-------7:23-------7:23-------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C332523222120201919181715141618181818181615172220
Feels °C (?)2823222121171512111010981012121212111010131814
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