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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	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Leighton Beach WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	The Spot WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.6 NW	1.4 WSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	-	6.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	5	6	13	9	15	17	-	15	-	-	-	-	14	13	14	16	16	15	14	14	11	10
Energy(?)	85	195	1281	2700	6931	7941	0	15971	0	0	0	0	1564	1357	1983	2573	2660	1241	1649	855	5	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:38AM 0.54			4:35AM 0.57				5:33AM 0.60			6:19AM 0.62			7:06AM 0.65			7:48AM 0.68			8:32AM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.19			3:55PM 0.15			3:55PM 0.12			4:07PM 0.08			4:21PM 0.05			4:39PM 0.03			4:58PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	8	4	3	5	4	1	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	16	19	16	16	16	13	14	13	15	16	17	16	15	13	16	16	16	18	17	16
Low °C	13	18	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	15	16	15	12	12	16	14	12	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	18	15	18	14	14	14	10	12	11	14	15	16	16	15	12	16	15	15	18	16	15
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	12	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	5.5 WSW	6.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 N
Period (s)	5	6	7	9	15	17	16	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Thu	Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef 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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	14	-	-	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	-
Energy(?)	1983	0	0	48	85	119	195	287	379	601	994	1303	2700	6057	6931	5828	7893	7941	8759	10950	13838	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:50AM 0.51								3:38AM 0.54								4:29AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)								5:13PM 0.19							3:57PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	1	-	1	2	-	2	3
Temp. °C	16	14	13	13	15	18	19	16	15	15	15	16	19	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	11	10	13	17	18	15	13	13	13	14	18	13	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NNE	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	15

	Thursday 31			Friday 01
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef 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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6
Energy(?)	1873	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	1413	1262	1244	1226	1210	1194	1147	1028	919	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							2:50AM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)																						5:13PM 0.19
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	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	14	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	13	14	16	17	17	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6