Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 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
21.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Stark Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stark Bay at 10AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)181818181716161615151514141413131313131216151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180182184276336469499487439498491394384352342336331246235297253786539841
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
0.85
10:22AM
0.68
6:33PM
0.79
9:15AM
0.66
7:45PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
0.43
2:13AM
0.42
12:30PM
0.67
2:22AM
0.42
1:46PM
0.57
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------5:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242222212326242122212020202122212223212024282523
Feels °C (?)191819182124201819181716161717181819181723252019
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