Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 05 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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (05 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (05 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212117711111114161514141414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215573817290434229270210501200927423009982955105314741472173320122340606596504534
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
40
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
50
S
35
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
0.88
10:34PM
0.74
10:38PM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
0.21
7:56AM
0.23
7:22AM
0.23
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-------5:18-------5:18-------5:20
Sunset--7:28-------7:28-------7:28-----
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. °C202121202121201919201919191917161920202021201817
Feels °C (?)171616141517161514141111101110101313131313141313
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