Cottesloe Beach surf break

Cottesloe Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cottesloe Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Cottesloe Beach at 1PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)181817161616151515141414131313131312161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18427633646949948743949849139438435234233633124623529725376653988910381247
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
15
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
0.51
9:24AM
0.40
6:53PM
0.50
8:53AM
0.43
7:55PM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
0.13
2:13AM
0.14
12:48PM
0.38
2:18AM
0.17
2:11PM
0.31
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset----6:00-------5:59-------5:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C222125272321212020192121222123222120252825232322
Feels °C (?)191923241918181717161817191921191918242623222322
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