Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 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
21.0° C
(Which is 2.2°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 10AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Oct)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (20 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
0
0
4
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.8
WSW
2.3
SW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)131312121211111111111111111010101010101918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21902023167916021398114485113041054814595441382191146114140168137125169230230225
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNW
25
NNW
10
SE
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
10
S
10
E
10
ENE
10
W
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.36
8:47PM
0.57
10:05AM
0.33
8:59PM
0.61
11:01AM
0.29
9:11PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.22
1:36PM
0.28
4:13AM
0.18
1:33PM
0.28
4:44AM
0.15
1:29PM
0.27
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:30------
Sunset----6:30-------6:31-------6:32---
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
122363------------------
Temp. °C161515161613121213131616161614131314161616151414
Feels °C (?)1411111114767991211111210101111131211101010
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Perth City

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cottesloe Beach (calm at Swanbourne Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Cottesloe Beach). A 2.9m groundswell from the W

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