West Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Beach sea temperature is
17.0°C
0.4° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 3PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (01 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (01 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu night).

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
2
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
15
2.1
SSW
15
2.2
SSW
15
2
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
15
1.8
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
318
392
817
806
746
697
668
811
1068
1068
1014
838
1411
965
994
1491
1624
1825
1966
1714
1559
1393
1187
Wind (km/h)
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
WNW
20
W
25
W
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:05PM0.50m
00:45AM0.73m
11:54AM0.40m
1:14AM0.73m
Low Tide
6:53AM0.23m
5:55PM0.18m
7:49AM0.29m
5:31PM0.17m
4:56PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:43
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
15
15
15
14
13
12
11
12
17
15
14
14
14
13
12
12
17
19
17
15
14
Feels °C
10
8
11
11
12
12
10
8
7
7
12
10
11
11
13
11
10
10
14
15
12
10
8
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