Turtles surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AWST
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Turtles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Turtles sea temperature is
22.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Turtles today?

The current surf forecast for Turtles at 6AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131312121212121111111311127716161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150212691147864798646561448389325325331249461551514620843137916552783305117141693
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSW
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
S
45
S
50
S
50
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SSE
40
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
1.04
6:15AM
0.98
9:33PM
0.74
7:52AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36PM
0.32
2:34PM
0.30
1:47AM
0.64
3:11PM
0.28
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:20-------6:20-------6:18----
Sunset------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-
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. °C181716162022191817171616212422191817151522262521
Feels °C (?)1111109131411111011109141814101097714191713
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - North West

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Turtles (moderate winds from the SSE at Carnarvon Airport 102 km from Turtles). 1.9m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.5m 6s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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