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Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
23.5° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 11PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
0.8
WSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)788888141313799131514141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57375673142335525523210861537382513307189451478478472472366297366394384362
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
30
S
20
S
30
S
20
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
S
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
5
SSE
35
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
15
ENE
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.57
6:05PM
0.61
6:46PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
0.13
4:29AM
0.09
4:47AM
0.07
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----5:22-------5:24-------5:24--
Sunset7:27-------7:25-------7:25-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212019171618232121252420171926242222272220223029
Feels °C (?)151514131314201617231915131524181819221614172725
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