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Southside surfForecast / WA – Margaret River / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AWST
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Southside surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Southside sea temperature is
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Southside today?

The current surf forecast for Southside at 1AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (18 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
3
3
4
4
4
1
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
5
7
7
7
9
7
6
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131313131313191918171716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)286631122824269324262275200219721723155814291174147517782013533212561114151005885436435572751344079
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
ESE
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
E
15
E
10
E
15
WSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
0.80
9:31PM
0.80
10:00PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.05
6:46AM
0.07
7:03AM
0.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:28--
Sunset7:32-------7:32-------7:32-------
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. °C181715141215171818171613121624252219191919232729
Feels °C (?)13121111101313131312131081220191714141415202425
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