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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	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Artificial reef 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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Scarborough Beach WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	-	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	-	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	17	16	15	14	14	-	14	5	14	14	-	-	13	13	-	13	12	12	12	11	13	13
Energy	2998	2212	1498	1560	1388	0	1367	28	976	967	0	0	1819	1192	0	946	593	390	366	308	476	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:22PM 0.39		8:10AM 0.49		8:23PM 0.35	8:15AM 0.53		9:25PM 0.31	8:34AM 0.60		10:27PM 0.29	9:05AM 0.65			9:01AM 0.65			9:21AM 0.68			9:43AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	3:08PM 0.31	1:47AM 0.26		3:41PM 0.25	12:55AM 0.29		4:08PM 0.20	12:30AM 0.28		4:41PM 0.16	12:33AM 0.28		5:12PM 0.13			5:46PM 0.11			6:16PM 0.12			7:57PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	17	19	16	18	20	19	18	18	17	14	16	14	15	17	17	17	20	19	16	21
Low °C	16	15	15	19	15	14	19	16	16	18	14	13	16	14	12	16	15	15	19	13	11	20
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	19	15	18	20	19	17	17	16	12	14	11	14	16	16	17	20	19	15	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	-	12	12	12	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	17	21	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 SW	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	3	-	-	5	-	5	7	5	5	4	4	13	4	-	-	3	3	2

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	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Golden Bay 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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	0	5	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	4	17	4	-	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	3	13	13
Energy	22	3222	32	0	2286	2232	1874	1486	1498	1583	1554	1321	1512	1388	1249	1249	1143	0	0	8	925	1218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:27AM 0.43			7:22PM 0.39					8:13AM 0.49				8:22PM 0.34				8:15AM 0.53				9:22PM 0.32
Low Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 0.31			1:47AM 0.26					3:43PM 0.25			12:59AM 0.28					4:11PM 0.20			12:56AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	19	19	14	14	14	14	14	18	19	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-

	Monday 27															Tuesday 28
	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Golden Bay 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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	0	5	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	2.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	-	18	4	4	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	16	15
Energy	0	3517	22	22	3097	3222	3111	3070	2998	2774	2559	1908	2434	2450	2286	2257	2232	0	0	0	1856	2390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:27AM 0.43											7:36PM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)								3:01PM 0.31										1:47AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	16	14	14	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	21	14	12	12	15	17	15	15	14	14	13	16	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-

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