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Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 11 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
23.6° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 7PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.4
WSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
WSW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
0.8
WSW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)994956788678888814131313991315
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4311332328098869310219541167671750324119623210271261198351225189419
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
5
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
25
S
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
0.53
5:25PM
0.57
6:05PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.17
4:18AM
0.13
4:29AM
0.09
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------5:22-------5:22-------5:24
Sunset--7:27-------7:27-------7:25-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262624242626242629222222211917192525222425211921
Feels °C (?)222118212422192128161616161513172220172219161417
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