Dirk Hartog Island surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 AWST
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Dirk Hartog Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dirk Hartog Island sea temperature is
23.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dirk Hartog Island today?

The current surf forecast for Dirk Hartog Island at 8AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

Table - waves today at Dirk Hartog Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
S
1.7
S
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)88999131313138813131313131313141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)674617547463393444392392398346346345335330286286286340382382345386380418
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
30
SSW
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
20
SE
30
NNE
20
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.49
7:55PM
0.69
10:34AM
0.51
8:53PM
0.69
10:27AM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.15
1:22PM
0.49
3:49AM
0.16
2:51PM
0.42
4:05AM
0.18
3:44PM
0.34
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset------6:43-------6:42-------6:40-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232324252927252524242426242524242323232222232323
Feels °C (?)182021222826222120212225232525242426252423242324
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