Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 15 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
23.4° C
(Which is 2.2°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: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
SW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131313131314141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394366394508384362336331273336336269265440816487494501594494569702672733
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
10
E
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
20
SSW
15
SE
10
ENE
20
N
20
WNW
20
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.67
8:03PM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.07
5:06AM
0.05
5:26AM
0.04
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---5:24-------5:26-------5:26----
Sunset------7:25-------7:25-------7:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262119212928262524252726232322202020191920202019
Feels °C (?)211614172723212122232523222119181918161717161614
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