West Beach surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 10PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.2
SW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131213131212121313121212812121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3162992251811812041951811781831891751691381331862411415433105985656164
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NW
0
WSW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
0.50
9:10AM
0.63
10:11PM
0.54
9:32AM
0.61
10:00PM
0.60
9:52AM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
0.11
3:28AM
0.36
4:03PM
0.16
3:44AM
0.29
3:54PM
0.19
4:05AM
0.23
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----5:16-------5:16-------5:13--
Sunset6:13-------6:14-------6:15-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716151517232630242321202123242318151312151921
Feels °C (?)171716141415212527242016161719211815101010121720
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Far South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at West Beach (light winds from the ENE at HopetounNorth 18 km from West Beach). A 1.2m groundswell from the SSW

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18 km away, 1 h 10 min ago

9 km/h
ENE
0.0
17.9
Air / Water (°C)
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