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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Rottnest Island Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City
Rating	4	4	0	3	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	5.0 W	6.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.1 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	-	14	13	-	13	14	14	14	16	-	14	14	14	8	10	12	15	15	14	26
Energy(?)	2669	2257	0	1319	915	0	1599	1447	1997	2136	1539	0	1065	1003	812	1449	2368	7264	14719	8434	5230	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 0.56			4:34AM 0.56				5:49AM 0.59			6:50AM 0.63			7:57AM 0.67			8:20AM 0.88		10:48PM 0.34	9:00AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)	3:29PM 0.37			3:22PM 0.33			3:20PM 0.07			3:36PM 0.06			3:49PM 0.05			4:19PM 0.05			4:17PM 0.08	2:05AM 0.30		4:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	3	2	2	2	1
High °C	18	16	14	16	16	15	17	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	17	15	14	15	15	15	16	16
Low °C	17	12	12	16	13	13	16	14	12	15	14	12	16	12	12	15	13	15	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	14	15	16	15	17	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	13	12	13	12	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	18	-	-	-	-	26
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.6 NNW	2.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	5.0 W	6.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	3	6	8	10	12	15	15	14	13

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	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	The Spot WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	The Spot 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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	5	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	-	-	16	16	16	16	15	15	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	14
Energy(?)	3342	0	0	3100	2285	2257	1933	1611	1546	0	0	0	0	915	1093	1206	1235	1264	0	1623	1648	1831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:20AM 0.55									5:09AM 0.58
Low Tide / height (m)			3:01PM 0.13								3:11PM 0.10								3:23PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	15	16	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	15	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	16	15	15	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	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	The Spot WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	The Spot 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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Radar Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	5	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	-	-	18	17	17	17	17	16	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	-	16	16	15
Energy(?)	2867	0	0	3304	2968	2968	2867	2767	2669	0	0	0	0	2510	2107	1913	2257	1826	0	2228	1933	1883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																			2:03AM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)							2:59PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	15	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	14	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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