Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Beach sea temperature is
17.2°C
0.8° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 5PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.8m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
4
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
2.4
ESE
10
2.3
ESE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
0.9
SSW
18
1
SSW
17
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
2.1
SW
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
695
636
1035
957
531
479
486
569
499
481
463
372
348
1087
508
445
364
446
366
322
318
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
25
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
W
10
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
NNE
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:06PM0.76m
11:24AM0.54m
11:26PM0.82m
11:40AM0.43m
Low Tide
4:54PM0.16m
5:44AM0.11m
4:56PM0.19m
6:27AM0.14m
4:47PM0.19m
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
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8
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Temp °C
19
21
18
16
16
17
14
15
20
22
21
15
13
12
11
14
17
17
16
15
14
Feels °C
16
17
17
14
14
14
9
10
13
15
15
11
9
8
7
9
14
13
14
13
11
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