Cottesloe Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.99° S 115.74° E

Cottesloe Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cottesloe Beach sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.5° 

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 (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 17s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 5AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (20 Oct)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (20 Oct)8ft (2.5m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
12
1.5
WSW
12
1.7
WSW
12
1.8
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
757
618
677
871
1144
1279
3428
3455
1902
3543
3393
3685
4092
4588
5009
5068
5582
4894
4784
4600
4600
5061
5110
4204
Wind (km/h)
10
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
NW
15
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
00:45AM0.49m
5:29AM0.47m
8:35PM0.42m
6:38AM0.45m
8:18PM0.45m
Low Tide
1:46PM0.16m
1:41PM0.18m
1:25AM0.37m
1:38PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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6:30
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6:31
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Temp °C
13
14
15
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
16
18
18
19
18
18
17
16
15
15
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
11
13
14
13
13
14
14
15
14
15
14
15
15
16
15
14
13
11
10
10
11
10
9
10
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