Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 AWST
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Stark Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stark Bay sea temperature is
22.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Stark Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stark Bay at 11PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111111414141313131313131314151491112131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116310349427316556301214104310741042908894894908102611781241785247335173371396137533521
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
5
NE
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
15
NW
25
NNW
40
NW
50
NW
55
NW
55
WSW
55
WSW
45
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crossoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
1.06
10:47AM
1.12
11:23AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
0.41
7:28PM
0.43
9:23PM
0.43
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:41-------6:41--
Sunset5:53-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------4-----
Temp. °C181818181716161717181718181818202020171617161616
Feels °C (?)1515161615141515141514151716131211107577910
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