Cottesloe Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.99° S 115.74° E

Cottesloe Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cottesloe Beach sea temperature is
18.9°C
0.3° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 10PM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (28 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (28 Sep)4ft (1.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the W by Tue morning).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.2
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.3
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
788
1016
1208
632
592
522
508
508
530
644
559
559
581
506
1411
451
537
627
784
1415
773
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
20
W
15
W
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:53AM0.35m
10:06PM0.62m
12:13PM0.27m
10:28PM0.66m
10:56PM0.68m
Low Tide
3:13PM0.27m
5:53AM0.15m
2:34PM0.26m
7:11AM0.15m
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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5:56
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6:15
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6:16
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 mm
1
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Temp °C
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
16
15
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
16
15
Feels °C
13
13
12
11
12
12
12
14
12
12
13
14
12
11
11
11
9
9
9
10
10
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