West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

Issued: 1 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's West Beach sea temperature is

16.9°C

West Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at West Beach today (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 7AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s
Evening (09 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Wed afternoon, light winds from the E by Fri night).
	Wednesday 9								Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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)	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 19	SW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 16	SSW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	1235	973	949	915	870	688	661	604	498	491	371	371	366	301	331	348	280	273	248	372	572	248	234	214
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ESE	ESE	E	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	off
High Tide	11:27PM0.42m			10:09AM0.86m					11:17PM0.46m			10:38AM0.81m					11:14PM0.51m				11:01AM0.74m
Low Tide		3:30AM0.30m					5:26PM0.04m			4:06AM0.23m					5:32PM0.11m			4:40AM0.19m					5:31PM0.16m


	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	10	13	15	14	14	11	10	10	10	15	18	16	15	14	13	13	13	17	18	17	17	17
Feels °C	6	6	4	6	8	7	8	6	6	6	5	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	16	16	16	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 19	SSW 16	SSW 16	ESE 8
kJ	1235	973	949	915	870	688	661	604	199	161	161	371	366	301	125	101	86	81	67	67	572	223	234	50
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SW 9	—	—	—	S 28	S 26	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 24	SSW 24	SSW 23	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 14	SW 19	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 15
kJ	—	—	21	—	—	—	15	13	498	491	371	55	54	54	331	348	280	273	163	372	52	52	51	142
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 26	SW 26	SW 25	—	—	—	SSW 22	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SSW 19	SSW 14	S 11	SSW 19	SW 20	SSW 18
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	26	25	—	—	—	48	117	116	117	248	81	20	248	97	214
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	—	—	ENE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	—	NE 4	NNE 4	E 8	—	—	E 8	SE 8	—	—
kJ	371	365	340	297	320	343	320	302	—	—	10	128	128	125	—	4	6	193	—	—	118	46	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Distance (km)	405	405	405	405	351	351	355	405	405	229	270	270	301	270	351	229	0	0	0	0	212	212	179	0
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Rating (10 max)					5	4	5			4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	5	9	8	8
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Rating (10 max)	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9	9

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