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 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	542	466	331	364	322	563	380	392	229	258	244	163	100	134	400	599	488	613	462	544	316	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 0.47		9:49PM 0.39	9:49AM 0.70		10:30PM 0.34	9:46AM 0.57		11:13PM 0.29	10:13AM 0.93		12:10AM 0.24	10:13AM 0.62		9:59PM 0.21	10:33AM 0.65			11:20AM 0.99			11:47AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 0.22	2:49AM 0.27		4:35PM 0.19	2:36AM 0.27		5:15PM 0.18	2:27AM 0.26		5:56PM 0.17	2:03AM 0.23		6:34PM 0.19	11:41PM 0.21			1:12AM 0.45			1:10AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	19	20	19	22	24	22	23	26	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	24	22	19	20	21	20	18
Low °C	16	19	17	17	24	18	18	25	20	20	21	18	18	20	17	18	20	19	19	20	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	22	24	22	23	26	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	24	22	19	20	21	20	18
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	10	9	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	8	-	6	-	-	4	4	11	10	10	14	8	14	-	-	20	-	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SE	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	4	3	-	4	-	-	3	6	5	4	5	-	3	-	3	4	5	5

	Wednesday 01							Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	644	618	542	397	466	423	398	331	431	583	364	372	322	357	0	445	597	780	683	673	331	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:26AM 0.47				9:49PM 0.39				9:35AM 0.52				10:33PM 0.35				9:55AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)	3:12AM 0.25				3:55PM 0.22				2:49AM 0.27				4:35PM 0.19				2:47AM 0.55					5:36PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	19	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	22	24	23	25	21	19	18	18	24	26	25	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	19	18	19	19	17	16	16	15	22	24	23	25	21	18	17	17	24	26	25	22
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	14	14	14	14	5	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	19	15	15	14	14	14	9	8	-	-	8	14	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	8	4	5	4	4	3	3	-	-	3	4

	Wednesday 01																					Thu
	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	3	10	10	15	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	768	754	644	586	682	618	618	608	542	699	554	505	487	479	3	394	616	549	542	551	277	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								9:26AM 0.47												9:49PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12AM 0.25												3:57PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

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