Southside surfForecast / WA – Margaret River / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
20.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Southside today?

The current surf forecast for Southside at 6PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
4
2
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121111111212121113131313121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1700152413421154113510228647696365493412462232642733434187789991053113612497861154
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
E
5
E
15
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.63
11:55PM
0.32
10:01AM
0.67
10:14AM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
0.23
1:40AM
0.32
6:48PM
0.23
12:15AM
0.21
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:35
Sunset--6:13-------6:12-------6:09-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C212221191919181820212019181818181919191616161515
Feels °C (?)202019181819181819191817171617171818181212131313
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