Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 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 7AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131415159111112131414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90889489495810931178122596220443723366939123971409237913363285222451844169913591217995838
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
20
NW
30
NW
35
NW
45
NW
55
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.75
10:58AM
0.73
11:32AM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
0.05
11:30PM
0.03
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:39-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------5:51-------5:50-------5:47-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------4---------------
Temp. °C171615161819192016161716161617161514141317171817
Feels °C (?)15141415141313136688101013131211111014131414
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