Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Beach sea temperature is
17.2°C
0.7° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 2PM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (06 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (06 Oct)6ft (1.9m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue night, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Wed morning, fresh winds from the W by Thu night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
3
2
2
2
3
4
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
16
2
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1
SSW
17
1
SSW
17
1
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
18
1.7
SSW
17
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2384
2325
2354
2271
1875
1706
1474
1324
1324
1121
991
1003
838
742
594
580
539
1259
1817
1469
1341
1051
752
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
10
NNW
25
N
10
WSW
5
W
15
S
25
S
20
SSW
10
S
5
W
15
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
SW
20
WNW
35
W
35
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
8:47AM0.72m
10:42PM0.49m
9:23AM0.72m
10:25PM0.53m
9:52AM0.68m
10:20PM0.60m
Low Tide
2:49AM0.44m
4:17PM0.06m
3:18AM0.34m
4:22PM0.11m
3:49AM0.25m
4:22PM0.16m
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5:28
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Temp °C
14
14
18
17
17
15
17
20
18
19
20
17
16
16
16
15
13
16
15
15
15
12
11
Feels °C
12
11
15
13
14
13
16
15
17
19
18
13
13
15
16
13
9
10
11
13
11
4
3
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