Cottesloe Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.99° S 115.74° E

Cottesloe Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 29 Sep 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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 2AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (30 Sep)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (30 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
3
4
4
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
559
559
581
512
506
493
537
627
784
1693
773
784
892
1846
2238
2238
2381
2305
2274
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:28PM0.66m
10:56PM0.68m
Low Tide
2:34PM0.26m
7:11AM0.15m
11:45AM0.12m
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
16
16
17
16
14
15
15
16
16
15
14
14
15
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
9
8
10
10
11
11
11
12
10
10
10
10
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