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 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			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	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos 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	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 W	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	-	15	14	14	8	-	11	11	18	11	11	11	11	8	-	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	0	2852	2230	1226	2048	0	1794	1314	6	590	587	450	760	1200	0	8577	8928	5696	2169	1986	1743	1359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:18AM 0.96			6:13AM 0.69			7:10AM 0.74			7:55AM 0.74			8:42AM 0.74			9:29AM 0.72			10:04AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:45PM 0.50			3:46PM 0.03			4:20PM -0.03			4:59PM -0.05			5:37PM -0.05			6:13PM -0.00			6:40PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	5	12	-	2	1	-	1	5	2	6	13	4	1	3	1	-	3	4
High °C	13	16	15	16	18	12	12	14	14	13	16	15	16	13	13	12	14	14	13	14	14	16
Low °C	11	16	13	14	16	10	10	14	12	13	15	13	15	13	11	12	14	11	12	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	16	14	14	17	8	11	12	12	12	15	14	14	10	10	9	12	12	12	14	14	15
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	18	16	16	21	20	-	-	10	-	-	-	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	8	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19							Sunday 20								Monday 21
	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	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef 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	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City
Rating	6	6	5	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	-	-	15	14	4	4	14	14	8	11	12	12	-	12	-	11	11	-
Energy(?)	5605	5089	3692	2701	0	0	2529	2230	10	49	1226	3063	2048	4323	5173	3961	0	2373	0	1422	1314	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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	low	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)	4:52AM 0.97									5:27AM 0.65								6:13AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)					3:18PM 0.11								3:44PM 0.02								4:20PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	2	9	3	2	1	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	11	10	13	14	15	16	14	14	14	15	16	18	16	12	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	13	14	15	13	13	12	13	14	17	14	8	6	7	7	9	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	3.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	22	-	-	11	20	20	12	20	19	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	14	8	11	12	12	12	-	11	11	-	-

	Saturday 19	Sun
	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	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef 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	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City
Rating	6	6	5	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	-	-	16	16	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	-	15	-	15	15	-
Energy(?)	6152	5958	4670	3852	0	0	4161	3868	0	0	3331	3243	2998	2852	2852	2813	0	2529	0	2529	2529	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:36AM 0.58
Low Tide / height (m)														3:17PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	13	11	11	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	17	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	11	9	9	8	9	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	16	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-