Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 10 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
23.8° 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 1AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)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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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)10109999999996661457888881413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1179690144119424343343221686246606154494776682299245203232933
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
ENE
15
E
20
SSW
35
S
25
S
20
S
15
SE
10
ESE
20
E
15
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
0.48
4:46PM
0.53
5:25PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.19
4:41AM
0.17
4:18AM
0.13
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----5:20-------5:22-------5:22--
Sunset7:27-------7:27-------7:27-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282923191720272825252727242527222323231917212726
Feels °C (?)242416121014232419212425222225161817181513192521
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