Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
24.3° C
(Which is 2.2°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 11AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.5
SW
1.2
WSW
2
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313131313131212121313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)568691100281110525904653943943886136044794564494174306136135637324511306299
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
E
5
ENE
25
SW
30
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
W
20
WSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
0.31
9:36PM
0.64
11:36AM
0.34
10:08PM
0.59
11:38AM
0.39
10:37PM
0.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.09
2:17PM
0.29
5:11AM
0.12
3:25PM
0.28
5:17AM
0.16
4:26PM
0.27
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset----7:05-------7:04-------7:02---
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)
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Temp. °C141521192020202020222927252423252527312923212221
Feels °C (?)101219131416181717192722212120222224282419181819
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