Rottnest Island Surf

Detailed Rottnest Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Rottnest Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Rottnest Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Rottnest Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Rottnest Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Rottnest Island Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Rottnest Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Rottnest Island coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Leighton Beach WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	-	14	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1217	1001	1025	1063	0	1292	1197	1607	937	788	582	439	360	491	442	284	312	259	162	169	184	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 0.89			9:39PM 0.79			9:50PM 0.79			10:21PM 0.75			10:53PM 0.71			11:17PM 0.63			11:16PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)				5:41AM 0.01			6:54AM -0.00			8:35AM 0.00			10:16AM 0.00			11:36AM 0.04			11:38AM 0.23			12:57PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	18	18	17	18	19	18	22	23	20	25	24	21	23	27	25	25	26	20	22
Low °C	18	20	17	17	17	14	15	18	14	16	20	17	20	22	15	17	26	14	17	21	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	17	17	16	18	18	17	22	23	20	25	24	21	23	27	25	25	26	20	22
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	6:44	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	19	7	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	8	13	13	13	13	12	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	20	14	16	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	14	6	-	5	-	-	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 S	1.2 S	0.8 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	3	8	9	13	-	-	5	3	-	4	-	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	-

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City
Rating	4	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	14	7	22	13	13	13	13	-	-	14	14	14	13	16	5
Energy(?)	1476	1249	978	1036	1001	774	128	1025	14	17	1063	986	999	896	0	0	1070	1039	1211	1083	1293	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow
High Tide / height (m)							8:51PM 0.73								9:19PM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)	4:39AM 0.05									5:41AM 0.01								6:55AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	20	20	18	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	17	15	14	14	15	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	20	20	18	16	16	14	16	17	17	17	16	14	13	13	14	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	14	14	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	20	20	19	13	7	7	7	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	3	4	5	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	7	5	-	-	-	4	4	5

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City
Rating	4	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NW	1.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	14	8	8	14	14	14	14	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	5
Energy(?)	1635	1651	1211	1457	1457	1087	104	1235	88	88	1060	1036	1023	1028	96	82	890	892	1053	907	920	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			8:57PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)			4:25AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	18	16	17	17	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	15	17	16	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5

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