Cottesloe Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.99° S 115.74° E

Cottesloe Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cottesloe Beach sea temperature is
19.3°C
0.7° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 10PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 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 (12 Oct)--
Afternoon (12 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (12 Oct)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
0.4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1175
1028
850
947
765
710
626
561
472
465
388
351
286
277
193
149
161
125
67
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SE
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
E
20
ENE
5
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
15
N
25
WSW
5
WNW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
on
High Tide
9:39PM0.65m
9:55PM0.66m
10:13PM0.66m
Low Tide
5:57AM0.16m
6:43AM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
19
19
16
13
12
13
21
25
24
22
22
20
18
20
26
30
21
19
19
Feels °C
14
14
9
6
5
6
15
23
19
17
15
12
9
12
19
27
18
20
17
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