Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at West Beach today (18 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 19s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for West Beach at 12AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (18 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 19s |
| Evening (18 Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at West Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Fri night, calm by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 10 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 12 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 109 | 99 | 82 | 38 | 33 | 52 | 97 | 145 | 209 | 956 | 302 | 661 | 447 | 553 | 465 | 279 | 268 | 501 | 678 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 1:26AM0.34m | 12:33PM0.67m | 1:24AM0.41m | 12:21PM0.58m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:13PM0.19m | 5:23AM0.29m | 7:56PM0.24m | 6:04AM0.34m | 7:27PM0.25m | ||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:10 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 |
Feels °C | 13 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 109 | 99 | 82 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 47 | 69 | 113 | 310 | 245 | 661 | 447 | 553 | 465 | 279 | 268 | 501 | 678 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 12 | NE 4 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SE 18 | SE 18 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 52 | 97 | 145 | 209 | 312 | 302 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | S 22 | SSW 15 | SSW 21 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SW 8 | S 9 | S 9 | — | — | S 20 | S 9 | S 9 | E 8 | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 43 | 18 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | SW 12 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 4 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 4 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 956 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 68 | 172 | 174 | 266 | 266 | 296 | 1232 | 1083 | 121 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 121 | 68 | 15 | 15 |
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