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Radar Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 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
22.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Radar Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Radar Reef at 4AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
SW
1.4
WSW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212131320191817171616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6247007001045987104513466795514694476896107231207228935313336368526692102181115071145
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
20
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
15
S
35
SSW
40
S
40
S
30
SSE
35
E
35
E
30
E
15
E
10
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
1.07
8:46PM
1.03
9:21PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.27
5:58AM
0.24
6:19AM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---5:28-------5:30-------5:31----
Sunset------7:27-------7:25-------7:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191716151718191920201918242422242626242432363433
Feels °C (?)141211111312121413131413211816182119171828332727
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