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Radar Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 23 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
23.0° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)--
Afternoon (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
SW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)181016161616151515141414141413131313181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)231662210051230193320231883181114961525150412651053854919109413381569224471646775582748834761
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22PM
0.51
1:56PM
0.54
2:32PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
0.41
6:13AM
0.27
5:39AM
0.30
4:22AM
0.30
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----5:33-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset7:24-------7:23-------7:23-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C191919181717181919191920202021222120202019192018
Feels °C (?)131313121213161514151618181717181817161514141411
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