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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	Tue	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos 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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies 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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	-	-	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1350	1202	1015	1091	1193	0	0	1257	1293	928	788	591	446	436	469	403	309	299	282	197	196	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:32PM 0.67			8:47PM 0.71			9:21PM 0.97			9:47PM 0.77			10:21PM 0.75			10:54PM 0.70			11:17PM 0.63			11:15PM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)	4:42AM 0.06				5:41AM 0.01			6:55AM -0.01			8:34AM -0.01			10:23AM 0.01			11:29AM 0.03			12:25PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	19	18	18	17	18	17	17	22	22	20	25	24	22	23	29	26	26	27	21
Low °C	18	19	20	17	17	17	13	15	17	14	17	20	16	19	21	15	17	27	16	19	23	20
Chill °C (?)	18	21	20	19	17	17	16	18	16	16	22	22	20	25	24	22	23	29	26	26	27	21
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	19	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 SW	0.2 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	20	7	16	-	6	3	-	6	16	-	7	5	-	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	-	1.0 S	0.5 ESE	-	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	8	9	13	5	7	5	4	-	4	3	-	4	4	4	2	3	4	2	5

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Cable Station Reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	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	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	22	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	14
Energy(?)	2316	1887	2033	1636	1460	1312	976	1031	1015	905	941	1091	1194	16	1193	1036	1010	920	878	0	0	1569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-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
High Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.64								8:47PM 0.71								9:15PM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)					4:39AM 0.05									5:41AM 0.01								6:56AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	17	18	17	19	18	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	17	16	19	18	20	20	19	18	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15
Sunset	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	20	20	-	7	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	5	-	-

	Tuesday 04									Wednesday 05
	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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Cable Station Reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	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	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 NW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	14	8	8	14
Energy(?)	2310	1945	2316	2289	2264	2266	1697	2051	2033	1964	1672	1636	1617	101	1460	1441	1441	1312	1231	88	86	1072
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							8:23PM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)															4:39AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	19	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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