Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am 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 10AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.4m)11s
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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
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
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
3.5
W
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)9111111111111111114141413131313131313141515810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)816124513241265116310349427316556301214104310741042908894894958109311781337125817733076
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
NE
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
10
NW
25
NW
35
NW
45
NW
55
NW
60
WSW
55
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.97
10:14AM
1.06
10:47AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.59
5:56PM
0.41
7:28PM
0.43
9:23PM
0.43
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:52---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------5-
Temp. °C181818181818181717161617171717171718182019201616
Feels °C (?)1214151514151615151515161414151516161413111055
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