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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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay 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	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	14
Energy	918	1409	1094	1081	958	1122	1111	1605	1978	1754	1054	1043	1428	1321	3217	5627	7578	8028	8097	5461	2953	2122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			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		6:01AM 0.80
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		2:13PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	13	3	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	18	18	15	20	19	16	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16
Low °C	17	15	15	17	15	15	18	16	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	13	18	17	14	20	19	16	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	15	15	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	-	-	-	-	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	-	-	26	24	22	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	13	15	16	16	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Stark 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	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 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	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	13	13	15	15	15	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	958	942	918	915	1629	1409	1003	935	1094	1081	1081	1067	1067	958	969	1005	1122	1117	1111	1212	1326	1605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	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-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:11AM 1.20								10:37AM 1.13									11:05AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)					8:33PM 0.51								9:12PM 0.48								9:43PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	18	20	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	17	15	15	14	13	14	17	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	18	20	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 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	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	15	15	15	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	26	12	12	24	23	22	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Wednesday 03															Thursday 04
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock 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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Radar Reef 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	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy	928	973	958	883	880	942	886	931	918	984	915	915	1115	1203	1629	1492	1472	1409	1409	1003	1003	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:11AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)													8:33PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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