The Spot surf break

The Spot surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Spot today?

The current surf forecast for The Spot at 5AM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (21 Aug)11ft (3.5m)15s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
6
7
7
6
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)151516161615151515151515151414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)820088499082911080937185631756634904458838703601347734303066263322581922173615021367116411601035
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
NW
5
N
10
N
10
WNW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.00
8:33AM
0.98
9:10AM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.29
5:19PM
0.34
5:27PM
0.39
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise---6:47-------6:46-------6:45----
Sunset------5:53-------5:53-------5:54-
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C151414151616161616161515161716161413121116181615
Feels °C (?)119101111111112131312131314131412109814161313
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Spot (light winds from the SSW at Ocean Reef 29 km from The Spot). A 4.4m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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29 km away, 44 min ago

19 km/h
SSW
0.0
18.5
Air / Water (°C)
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