West Beach surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Apr 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
19.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at West Beach today?

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 8AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121313131313101013131314141413131313131414151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89581680368160449915111779109151236236236229437290219362447419679367303
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
5
N
5
N
10
N
15
N
15
NW
25
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
S
15
SSE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
0.81
12:56PM
0.71
12:44PM
0.61
6:57PM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
0.05
3:16AM
0.02
3:34AM
0.03
4:07PM
0.58
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:26-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312121822242119171716221922171514141419201817
Feels °C (?)1210881217211816141411141216121212111116171516
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