The Spot surf break

The Spot surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 AWST
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The Spot surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Spot sea temperature is
22.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Spot today?

The current surf forecast for The Spot at 4AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

Table - waves today at The Spot. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212711111111111111111010101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13691547407338314308676752949935954690517369290222138115901701941235455
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
35
S
30
S
35
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
20
ESE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.70
9:35PM
0.64
5:21PM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
0.38
6:45AM
0.38
6:06AM
0.36
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:20-------5:22-------5:22--
Sunset7:25-------7:25-------7:25-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191919181617222421202218161825292727272019212329
Feels °C (?)13131412111117181517161091120252525221312141724
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