Salmon Point surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AWST
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Salmon Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salmon Point sea temperature is
18.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salmon Point today?

The current surf forecast for Salmon Point at 6AM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (17 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

Table - waves today at Salmon Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
2
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
1.8
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212781111111111111111111114141414141415151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)960108438975070515121298129812074351141122610835692358264325572557237424942529252924602253
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.87
7:02AM
0.83
11:29PM
0.55
7:57AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.29
3:57PM
0.31
12:23AM
0.55
4:02PM
0.32
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:15-------6:13-------6:11----
Sunset------6:09-------6:10-------6:10-
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---12---------------1---
Temp. °C171617161717171716161515151615151616161716161616
Feels °C (?)9898121111109108999991111101314141212
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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 Salmon Point (light winds from the W at Rottnest Island Lighthouse 2 km from Salmon Point). A 2.4m swell from the W

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15 km/h
W
Cross-On
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