West Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Beach sea temperature is
17.0° C
0.1° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 2AM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
4
2
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
17
1.5
SSW
17
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
15
1.7
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1527
1527
1547
1379
1125
1169
1094
1108
949
1030
1235
1192
1390
1397
1344
1292
1102
911
796
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:06AM0.64m
5:55AM0.67m
Low Tide
6:43PM0.21m
5:34PM0.16m
4:59PM0.07m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:22
5:23
 mm
Temp °C
16
15
13
13
12
12
19
21
20
16
14
13
12
12
16
17
16
15
14
Feels °C
13
13
10
10
8
8
15
19
19
11
9
9
9
9
12
11
10
8
7
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