Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 Apr 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
21.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cottesloe Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 4PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.8
W
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131312121212121167710111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9619961042895756745734587573554508341256200276355302898100810461016925839771
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
E
0
SSE
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
0.55
10:05PM
0.38
9:13AM
0.62
11:36PM
0.32
9:32AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.25
3:59PM
0.16
2:24AM
0.29
4:54PM
0.11
1:56AM
0.30
5:56PM
0.07
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:37-------6:37-------6:39------
Sunset----5:54-------5:53-------5:52---
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------2---------
Temp. °C171722222120202020202020202119191717171818171615
Feels °C (?)161623201918192021191817151715131113131414141312
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