Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at West Beach today (16 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for West Beach at 7PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at West Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the NW by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | ESE 8 | SSW 13 | ESE 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 18 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 557 | 431 | 401 | 317 | 249 | 173 | 173 | 88 | 144 | 165 | 163 | 118 | 113 | 125 | 123 | 69 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 92 | 88 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-on | glassy | off | glassy | cross-on | cross | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:55AM0.41m | 00:25AM0.75m | 10:26AM0.41m | 00:45AM0.72m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:50PM0.12m | 7:35AM0.38m | 4:50PM0.10m | 4:50PM0.09m | |||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Feels °C | 19 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 557 | 431 | 113 | 107 | 111 | 168 | 127 | 64 | 47 | 165 | 163 | 118 | 113 | 125 | 123 | 69 | 66 | 62 | 59 | 92 | 88 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 12 | SSW 15 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 12 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 107 | 76 | 401 | 317 | 249 | 173 | 173 | 75 | 144 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 57 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 11 | — | — | SSW 18 | SW 18 | N 3 | SSW 3 | SW 16 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 3 | SW 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 25 | 66 | 67 | 88 | 41 | — | — | 33 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | — | E 7 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | N 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 2 | WSW 2 | — | — | SSW 3 | SSE 2 | SE 3 | ESE 3 | E 4 |
| kJ | 99 | 93 | — | 240 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 270 | 270 | 242 | 0 | 212 | 121 | 0 | 212 | 199 | 172 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 212 | 0 | 121 |
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