Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 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
23.7° C
(Which is 2.5°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 2AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.9
SW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131314141414141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3363313313363362692654404534874945015944945696036726436247111308121611511216
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
E
20
NNE
20
NW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
S
30
S
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
20
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.67
8:03PM
0.69
8:38PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
0.05
5:26AM
0.04
5:44AM
0.04
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:28--
Sunset7:25-------7:25-------7:25-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252424242728232322202019191920202119181615162020
Feels °C (?)202022222524212119181717161717161714131312141615
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