Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Beach sea temperature is
17.7°C
1.2° 

West Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at West Beach today (22 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 1AM is: 1.7m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (22 Oct)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (22 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed night, min 7°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.7
SW
17
1.4
SW
14
1.9
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
15
2.5
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
15
2.4
SW
15
1.7
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
15
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1094
1094
1122
1677
822
1699
1788
1766
1642
2480
2691
2629
1309
1225
1241
1706
1957
641
2697
Wind (km/h)
25
W
15
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
9:44PM0.52m
8:37AM0.63m
9:36PM0.59m
9:14AM0.63m
9:43PM0.67m
Low Tide
3:15PM0.14m
2:46AM0.35m
3:17PM0.14m
3:20AM0.25m
3:27PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
29
22
19
17
15
15
18
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17
15
14
11
10
13
15
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11
Feels °C
23
19
15
13
10
9
12
12
11
9
10
6
6
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5
5
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