Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 12 Mar 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
25.0° C
(Which is 2.8°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: 1.1m 20s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)4ft (1.2m)19s
Afternoon (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Evening (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)17s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)232221202019191818171717161616161615151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58173983999093210441088997954932921911818788674666657581530443515508501480
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
15
E
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
0.54
5:37PM
0.56
6:38PM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.10
3:25AM
0.09
3:35AM
0.09
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:15-------6:16--
Sunset6:38-------6:37-------6:36-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252320191819232623201817171923242525232019202626
Feels °C (?)191714151414182217151414141621212321201717182522
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