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West Beach surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 AWST
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West Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's West Beach sea temperature is
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at West Beach today?

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 5AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212710111212111111101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61358649145436734427827461433467818411208191919501400826703834474597365313311
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
ESE
10
NNE
5
ENE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
0.69
1:12PM
0.38
12:20AM
0.61
1:43PM
0.44
11:59PM
0.55
2:34PM
0.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.25
5:19PM
0.33
7:45AM
0.25
5:51PM
0.40
7:23AM
0.23
6:05PM
0.47
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--4:56-------4:58-------4:58-----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171715182021191919171718181817171716171717181716
Feels °C (?)151614181817151514111113131312121211121111121111
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