Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at West Beach today (17 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for West Beach at 12AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at West Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu night, min 13°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Fri night, light winds from the NW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 10 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 13 | SW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 377 | 305 | 261 | 194 | 158 | 116 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 99 | 82 | 38 | 33 | 52 | 97 | 145 | 209 | 837 | 302 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 1:43AM0.28m | 12:27PM0.79m | 1:26AM0.34m | 12:33PM0.67m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:10PM0.11m | 4:40AM0.26m | 8:13PM0.19m | 5:23AM0.29m | 7:56PM0.24m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 377 | 305 | 261 | 194 | 158 | 116 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 99 | 82 | 19 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 87 | 202 | 273 | 282 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | S 12 | S 11 | SE 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 12 | NE 4 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 52 | 97 | 145 | 209 | 312 | 302 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | — | S 12 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | — | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | S 11 | SSW 15 | SSW 21 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 9 |
| kJ | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 43 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNE 3 | — | N 2 | — | NW 2 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | N 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 3 | NW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | SW 13 | WNW 3 |
| kJ | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 837 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 229 | 172 | 266 | 15 | 887 | 887 | 1083 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
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