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Lighthouse surfForecast / WA – Margaret River / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 AWST
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Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is
20.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 1AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
SW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313141414141414141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42744051457735738868293413216387968998868741265165316971033159015151390130311691264
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
S
25
S
25
ESE
25
ESE
10
E
20
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
25
W
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
0.71
8:15PM
0.74
8:48PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.05
5:45AM
0.04
6:07AM
0.04
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----5:24-------5:26-------5:26--
Sunset7:32-------7:31-------7:31-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222220202022212120191918181920181817151413151717
Feels °C (?)1717171616211817151516151517171111101098121410
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