West Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Beach sea temperature is
16.8° C
0.1° 

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 (22 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 5AM is: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (22 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (22 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Mon morning).

Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
697
566
553
1069
996
778
715
596
474
394
321
257
257
250
222
192
219
974
1051
789
659
512
475
396
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:16AM0.63m
8:49AM0.70m
9:16AM0.76m
Low Tide
5:28PM0.08m
5:23PM0.08m
5:21PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:36
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
13
22
24
22
18
15
14
14
15
15
16
15
14
13
11
10
11
14
16
16
13
13
Feels °C
9
10
10
17
19
19
15
13
12
12
11
11
12
10
9
10
8
7
8
12
14
13
10
10
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