Main Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AWST
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Main Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Main Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Main Beach at 6PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (17 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
4
3
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)101111111111111111121414141414141515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1539154114031331120745860312041226116024872710267325222374246027172529249424602285200517721534
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
0.59
7:54AM
0.57
10:02PM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
0.05
3:51PM
0.10
4:01PM
0.15
1:42AM
0.32
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:11-------6:09
Sunset--6:08-------6:09-------6:09-----
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-----------------------
Temp. °C171717161615161515161515151616151616161615151413
Feels °C (?)1211111010101010101099111112131413121212131211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Perth City

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Main Beach (calm at Swanbourne Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Main Beach). A 2.8m swell from the WSW

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