Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 20 Nov 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
21.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 1AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (21 Nov)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (21 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121215141413131313121212667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)265257220167164123123119109163195201273246189162155692260295277269313405
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.70
9:04PM
0.70
9:29PM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
0.09
6:18AM
0.09
6:55AM
0.10
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-----5:05-------5:05-------5:05--
Sunset6:58-------6:59-------7:00-------
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------1-----1-1---
Temp. °C242420181719222121202021192021202019181818171818
Feels °C (?)232117151417201818181919181819171716131213101110
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