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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	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay 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	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
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	12	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	20	17	17	16	16	16	14	12	13	15	16	16	16
Energy	1075	958	918	1409	1094	1081	958	1121	1121	1428	1978	1932	1273	1169	1459	1672	2459	2832	5691	7773	7396	5392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:11AM 1.20			10:37AM 1.13			11:05AM 1.05			11:37AM 0.94			12:14PM 0.83			1:00PM 0.73			6:15AM 0.70	2:32PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)				8:33PM 0.51			9:12PM 0.48			9:43PM 0.46			10:06PM 0.45			10:19PM 0.47			10:22PM 0.50	12:52PM 0.63		10:08PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	5	2	-	2
High °C	16	16	16	17	15	17	17	15	18	19	15	18	18	18	19	20	18	18	19	18	18	18
Low °C	15	16	16	15	14	16	15	14	17	16	15	17	17	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C	15	15	16	17	14	17	16	14	17	19	14	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	18	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	17	17	16	16	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	16	16	15	-	-	26	24	22	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	12	13	15	16	16	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	15	14	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	1361	1757	1428	1075	1119	1025	958	904	918	915	1513	1409	1048	935	1094	1081	1081	1067	1067	958	969	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							10:11AM 1.20								10:37AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		7:52PM 0.53									8:33PM 0.51								9:12PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	14
Chill °C	14	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	15	17	16	14	14	12	14	16	17	16	15	15	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11
Sunset	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	15	14	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	7	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	26	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	3

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	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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	1376	1435	1361	1361	3017	1757	1639	1590	1428	1300	1185	1075	1059	1136	1119	1112	1053	1025	928	973	958	883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					10:11AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)						7:52PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	7	7	7	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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