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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	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Cable Station Reef WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	-	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	5	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	15	15	13	13	12	12	15	13	13
Energy(?)	1904	120	0	721	576	559	556	436	668	1349	763	572	397	518	720	378	360	251	212	255	296	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:23PM 0.51		7:43AM 0.29	7:29PM 0.55		9:08AM 0.28	7:47PM 0.61							8:23PM 0.68			8:39PM 0.68			9:02PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 0.27		3:37AM 0.24	10:41AM 0.28		4:00AM 0.19	10:40AM 0.28		4:26AM 0.15			4:49AM 0.11				5:16AM 0.10			5:49AM 0.08			6:25AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	22	21	20	29	30	24	30	30	25	28	28	22	26	28	26	25	24	23	26
Low °C	15	16	14	16	19	18	22	24	22	23	28	21	22	22	19	20	28	19	21	23	19	23
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	22	21	20	29	30	24	30	30	25	28	28	22	26	28	26	25	24	23	26
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	7	20	-	6	-	-	-	5	12	5	4	5	5	16	15	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	5	3	-	4	-	-	3	-	4	4	2	-	3	-	3	4	5	-

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	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	Golden Bay 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	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	-	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	-	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	-	16	16	15	14	-	-	14	14	-	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1105	0	1904	2040	1619	1228	0	0	745	1169	0	688	576	618	574	559	570	565	556	454	436	492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:23AM 0.33				7:23PM 0.49				7:38AM 0.49				7:29PM 0.55					9:22AM 0.27			7:43PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)	3:40AM 0.32			11:38AM 0.27					3:41AM 0.24		10:43AM 0.28						4:19AM 0.20		10:23AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	18	17	17	17	16	15	14	17	21	21	19	18	21	20	18	22	29	30	24	25
Chill °C (?)	10	13	17	16	16	16	14	14	13	16	21	21	18	17	21	20	17	22	29	30	24	25
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	20	7	20	20	20	20	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	5	6	7	5	4	-	-	4	5	5	6	3	3	3	-	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	Golden Bay 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	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	-	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	-	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	-	16	16	16	16	-	-	16	16	-	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1145	0	1603	1793	1970	1953	0	0	1706	2093	0	2040	1786	1735	1619	1489	1254	1228	1197	1227	1176	1176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					6:18AM 0.32													7:23PM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:19AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	16	16	17	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	16	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	5	8	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7

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