West Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.97° S 119.94° E

Issued: 1 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's West Beach sea temperature is

16.7°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 (15 Sep):

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

The current surf forecast for West Beach at 5PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Thu night).
	Tue 15					Wednesday 16								Thursday 17
	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)	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	E 7	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 8	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	697	697	687	687	549	706	678	565	557	431	401	317	249	173	173	88	144	165	163	118	113
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide						00:06AM0.77m			10:55AM0.41m					00:25AM0.75m			10:26AM0.41m
Low Tide			4:53PM0.15m					7:06AM0.32m			4:50PM0.12m					7:35AM0.38m			4:50PM0.10m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	16	15	16	14	12	12	14	23	26	25	24	23	21	20	22	29	33	32	28	25
Feels °C	8	9	8	12	9	8	8	11	19	22	22	21	20	17	15	17	23	27	27	25	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	697	697	687	687	549	706	678	565	557	431	125	132	134	143	103	64	47	165	163	118	113
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 15	SW 15	SW 16	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
kJ	37	207	61	31	124	551	380	258	107	76	401	317	249	173	173	75	144	29	29	19	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 15	SSW 11	—	—	SSW 18	SSW 18
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	66	67	88	41	—	—	33	30
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	—	E 7	NE 3	NE 3	NNE 3	N 4	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 3	NNW 3
kJ	94	124	169	186	195	181	145	96	96	90	—	311	2	2	4	17	21	22	19	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	405	405	405	405	405	405	270	405	301	270	242	242	212	0	0	242	199	174	15	0	0
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Rating (10 max)							4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5

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