Watermans surf break

Watermans surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 AWST
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Watermans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Watermans sea temperature is
23.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Watermans today?

The current surf forecast for Watermans at 11PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212121212121515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)299304304299295286306297287244209205232228228183485623736716706656637628
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSE
10
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
20
SW
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
10
W
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
ENE
0
SW
5
E
10
NW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffglasscross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
0.57
10:08AM
0.42
9:38PM
0.52
10:12AM
0.47
10:23PM
0.45
10:22AM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.30
3:56AM
0.16
3:18PM
0.25
4:01AM
0.21
4:15PM
0.21
3:59AM
0.25
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:18-------6:18--
Sunset6:32-------6:30-------6:30-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302827262526333228272727262831282625242524252927
Feels °C (?)262425232222302825252525242629242425252525252725
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