Radar Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Radar Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Radar Reef at 4PM is: 2.5m 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)8ft (2.4m)11s

Table - waves today at Radar Reef. (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
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
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) (?)101111111111111112121414141414141515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1539154112981331120748611761204816108224872710252225222374240827542754249424602285200517461534
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
S
10
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
0.83
11:29PM
0.55
7:57AM
0.77
10:19PM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.29
3:57PM
0.31
12:23AM
0.55
4:02PM
0.32
1:54AM
0.45
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:11-------6:11
Sunset--6:09-------6:10-------6:12-----
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-----------------------
Temp. °C171717161615151515161515161616161616161616151413
Feels °C (?)111099998910999111011111413111112121110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Rottnest Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Radar Reef (light winds from the W at Rottnest Island Lighthouse 5 km from Radar Reef). A 2.8m swell from the W

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Actual: 54 min ago

15 km/h
W
Cross-On
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