Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at West Beach today (23 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for West Beach at 10AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (23 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (23 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at West Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the SSE by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Friday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 608 | 499 | 484 | 398 | 386 | 353 | 279 | 224 | 94 | 209 | 186 | 173 | 175 | 261 | 261 | 312 | 368 | 368 | 499 | 1592 | 1821 | 1960 | 1775 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | on | glassy | off | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:14AM0.75m | 10:27PM0.49m | 9:40AM0.76m | 10:27PM0.55m | 10:07AM0.75m | 10:35PM0.62m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:46AM0.35m | 4:26PM0.09m | 3:19AM0.28m | 4:31PM0.09m | 3:52AM0.21m | 4:39PM0.11m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |
 | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 608 | 499 | 484 | 398 | 386 | 353 | 279 | 224 | 80 | 90 | 92 | 85 | 175 | 261 | 261 | 312 | 368 | 368 | 499 | 1592 | 1821 | 1960 | 1775 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SSW 16 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | SSW 21 | SW 20 | — | — | SSW 7 | — |
| kJ | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 94 | 209 | 186 | 173 | 57 | 39 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 300 | 424 | — | — | 121 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | S 18 | SW 18 | SE 7 | E 7 | SW 16 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | S 24 | SW 24 | SSW 23 | SW 22 | SW 22 | S 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 127 | 119 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 2 | SSE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | SSE 3 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 240 | 361 | 378 | 392 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 172 | 307 | 270 | 242 | 351 | 1232 | 229 | 212 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 450 | 405 | 405 | 177 | 177 | 294 | 405 | 405 | 1413 | 1552 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Far South of Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our West Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest