Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 22 Jan 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
22.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Stark Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stark Bay at 9PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (22 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (22 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
SW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)121266667778910161616161515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22622216322822621720716315328251365210051230193320231883181114961525130110831068854
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
10
S
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.43
11:00PM
0.62
1:41PM
0.46
11:22PM
0.51
1:56PM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
0.41
6:35AM
0.24
5:34PM
0.41
6:13AM
0.27
5:39AM
0.30
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-------5:33-------5:33-------5:35
Sunset--7:24-------7:24-------7:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121202020202019191919191817171719191919191920
Feels °C (?)171716141514151715131313131212141515141516161617
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