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Radar Reef surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 15 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
21.6° 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: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
SW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131313131314141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394366394508384362336331273336336269265440816487494501594494569702672733
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
ESE
30
E
25
E
15
SSE
30
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
ESE
20
N
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59PM
1.03
7:36PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.30
4:58AM
0.30
5:14AM
0.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---5:26-------5:26-------5:28----
Sunset------7:27-------7:27-------7:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252220202626232323232522222121202019191919202019
Feels °C (?)191614162421181820202321211917171716151616161513
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