Rottnest Island Surf

Rottnest Island Surf Forecast

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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Rottnest Island Wavefinder

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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	4	1	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	5.0 W	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	14	11	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	16	17
Energy	1136	1111	1722	1978	1754	1112	1027	1295	1674	1546	2305	5181	8031	8548	5959	4111	2919	1290	1083	2681	2897	2790
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:05AM 1.05			11:37AM 0.94			12:14PM 0.83			1:00PM 0.73			6:15AM 0.70	2:32PM 0.64		6:01AM 0.80			6:24AM 0.92			6:59AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)			9:43PM 0.46			10:06PM 0.45			10:19PM 0.47			10:22PM 0.50	12:52PM 0.63		10:08PM 0.55		2:13PM 0.56			3:09PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	9	2	2	3	2	2	-	3	6	7	-
High °C	16	19	20	17	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	19	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	15	17	17
Low °C	15	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	18	16	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	17	19	19	18	18	20	19	19	18	9	11	12	14	14	16	16	14	16	16
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	14	-	-	-	15	15	15	14	13	-	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	24	22	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	5	8	8	11	13	14	-	-	-	8	7	13	8	7

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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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	2	2	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14
Energy	969	991	1136	996	1111	1240	1251	1722	1834	2001	1978	1955	1754	1524	1273	1112	1040	1027	1027	1243	1295	1266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	off	cross- on	on	on	on
Tide State	low-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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:05AM 1.05								11:37AM 0.94								12:14PM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)							9:43PM 0.46								10:06PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	18	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	18	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	24	23	22	21	20	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	3

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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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	2	2	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	958	969	969	980	992	991	991	1035	1136	1121	996	996	1031	1122	1111	1111	1178	1240	1268	1269	1251	1430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										11:05AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)																				9:43PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	26	12	12	12	12	12	12	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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