Radar Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 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
18.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Radar Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Radar Reef at 1AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (01 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (01 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
4
3
2
1
2
3
4
4
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151414141413131313131313131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2241213319231826159214521275120410619178418058379871151126413841449147114931469151215561579
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
ENE
0
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SE
10
NE
10
NE
5
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassononononcross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
0.89
3:49AM
0.93
5:17AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
0.40
3:19PM
0.41
3:21PM
0.41
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:33-------6:33--
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515141414141616161716151415161616151514141415
Feels °C (?)131213121314141412131414131214151413121212131211
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Rottnest Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Radar Reef (light winds from the E at Rottnest Island Lighthouse 5 km from Radar Reef). A 2.2m groundswell from the WSW

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15 km/h
E
Cross-Off
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