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Stark Bay surfForecast / WA – Rottnest Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 16 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
22.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Stark Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stark Bay at 2AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141313131313131313131312121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)453487494501594494569603672643624615700111010459361346679551469447754647578
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
ESE
15
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.07
8:11PM
1.07
8:46PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.29
5:35AM
0.27
5:58AM
0.24
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:28-------5:30--
Sunset7:27-------7:27-------7:25-------
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020191919192020191917161617191919202020192323
Feels °C (?)181716151516151616131312111214131212141616152017
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