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Radar Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 AWST
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Radar Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Radar Reef sea temperature is
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Radar Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Radar Reef at 8AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 26s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)21s
Evening (19 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131312121313201918171716161616151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5514694476376106201207228935313728343326692008181115071145996822921700545491414408
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
35
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
S
35
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
SSE
35
E
35
E
30
E
15
E
20
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
SE
40
E
35
E
35
ENE
15
E
10
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.03
9:21PM
0.96
9:56PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
0.24
6:19AM
0.21
6:36AM
0.20
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise---5:30-------5:31-------5:31----
Sunset------7:25-------7:25-------7:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019192323222426252323303431313226242431353233
Feels °C (?)131314151917161921181617262924252618171827312627
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