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Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 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 4AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
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
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)9913151414141414141414141413131313131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437307189451478515472472366366366394419362336331331336336269265440453487
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ESE
30
SW
35
SSW
25
S
20
SE
30
E
35
E
30
ENE
15
E
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
10
SSE
20
E
25
ENE
20
N
30
NW
20
WNW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		ononcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
0.64
7:26PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
0.09
4:47AM
0.07
5:06AM
0.05
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:24-------5:24-------5:26----
Sunset------7:25-------7:25-------7:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242018192625222225222022302927272829282923242321
Feels °C (?)191615152420171921161417272523232625232520232119
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