Cottesloe Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.99° S 115.74° E

Cottesloe Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cottesloe Beach sea temperature is
18.8°C
0.2° 

Cottesloe Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cottesloe Beach today (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 5AM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (06 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (06 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
3
3
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2061
2207
2268
2423
2786
2479
2479
2821
2594
2594
2262
1956
1766
1379
1184
1094
1094
2365
2567
1286
3698
3798
1445
4454
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
W
25
SSW
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
35
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
6:08AM0.55m
11:36PM0.38m
7:12AM0.52m
9:07PM0.40m
8:07AM0.48m
8:54PM0.45m
Low Tide
2:53PM0.11m
1:31AM0.38m
3:05PM0.17m
2:32AM0.31m
3:01PM0.23m
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4
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Temp °C
14
14
14
20
18
17
16
16
16
15
15
16
17
18
17
17
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
15
Feels °C
12
12
12
18
13
12
13
12
13
11
11
12
14
15
15
13
14
14
11
11
8
6
7
9
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