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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	Fri	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	19	19	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	-	15	14	13	5	13
Energy(?)	2515	1710	1296	1152	1022	991	1949	3287	3485	2968	2110	2033	1976	2028	2150	1949	0	1900	1415	968	34	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:02PM 0.35	8:35AM 0.54		9:46PM 0.38	9:09AM 0.49		9:47PM 0.43	9:47AM 0.44		9:55PM 0.50	10:14AM 0.38		10:14PM 0.76	10:16AM 0.55		10:30PM 0.80	10:22AM 0.49		10:25PM 0.59	9:35AM 0.25		11:13PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)	1:42AM 0.32		4:00PM 0.39	2:41AM 0.28		3:40PM 0.23	3:30AM 0.25		3:23PM 0.25	4:15AM 0.23		3:14PM 0.25		5:20AM 0.45	3:08PM 0.45		6:15AM 0.44	2:57PM 0.23		6:27AM 0.22	2:08PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	16	20	22	21	21	24	22	22	25	24	22	27	25	23	24	20	20	18	15
Low °C	14	13	16	15	14	22	15	15	24	19	19	25	19	19	26	21	19	22	17	19	17	12
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	15	20	22	21	21	24	22	22	25	24	22	27	25	23	24	20	20	18	13
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	19	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	26	24	22	19	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Derrs WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	15	14	14	14	14	-	14	4	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	0	0	3281	2515	2181	1879	1710	0	1296	16	1099	1027	1032	1080	1022	1056	1277	1285	1883	1949	2319	3017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							8:31AM 0.53				9:46PM 0.38				9:06AM 0.72				9:47PM 0.43
Low Tide / height (m)	4:01PM 0.15			1:33AM 0.31					3:57PM 0.19				2:53AM 0.52				3:54PM 0.43				3:30AM 0.25
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	14	14	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	20	23	22	21	21	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	13	14	12	17	15	15	15	15	16	14	13	20	23	22	21	21	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	26	26	25	24	16	22	22	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	-

	Friday 19	Saturday 20
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Derrs WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	-	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	0	0	3979	3072	3072	3030	3030	0	2729	0	2515	2515	2923	2746	2708	2590	2390	1879	1879	1710	1710	2066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)									10:13PM 0.33										8:31AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)												1:33AM 0.31
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	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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