Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 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
24.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 3PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)331331331331331326326269265261261265265269269265257202220212251180180177
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
S
20
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
15
NE
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
20
WSW
25
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.35
8:11PM
0.59
10:10AM
0.37
8:54PM
0.57
10:07AM
0.42
9:38PM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.10
12:53PM
0.34
3:49AM
0.12
2:18PM
0.30
3:56AM
0.16
3:18PM
0.25
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset----6:34-------6:32-------6:30---
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202025242322252322232932312929282727333329282830
Feels °C (?)181924201920211817192630262627252423302925252528
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