Cottesloe Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.99° S 115.74° E

Cottesloe Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cottesloe Beach sea temperature is
17.3°C
1.4° 

Cottesloe Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cottesloe Beach today (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 7PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.3
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3354
3264
3139
4473
4590
4111
3164
2602
2454
1910
1581
817
663
569
2560
3910
3630
2758
2356
1765
1852
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
15
WNW
15
N
20
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
5
E
15
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:11AM0.62m
5:00AM0.64m
Low Tide
2:08PM0.07m
2:38PM0.02m
3:10PM-0.00m
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clear
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cloud
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thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:01
6:02
 mm
1
1
2
3
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
15
16
14
15
15
17
17
16
15
13
13
13
14
16
16
13
11
Feels °C
9
11
12
13
12
13
10
11
10
11
12
13
15
10
7
7
7
10
10
7
6
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