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Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 19 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
24.0° C
 (Which is 2.7°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 8PM is: 1.8m 19s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
3
4
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.6
SW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131320191817171616161615141414141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6108031207228935313876343326692008181115071145996874811700545528414414341292283226
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
S
30
SSW
20
S
20
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
0.70
10:05PM
0.67
10:29PM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
0.07
6:18AM
0.09
6:27AM
0.13
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-------5:28-------5:30-------5:31
Sunset--7:24-------7:24-------7:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272724242925222432353231332624263337363433312929
Feels °C (?)242219202418151727312627271918202832333028262424
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