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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	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	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Stark Bay 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	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
Rating	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	12	11	11	12	12	11	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	12
Energy	6232	3570	1632	1396	1268	1125	906	847	1409	1094	1067	976	962	1027	1814	2001	1910	1273	1243	1470	1425	5071
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 1.23			9:46AM 1.23			10:11AM 1.20			10:37AM 1.13			11:05AM 1.05			11:37AM 0.94			12:14PM 0.83			1:00PM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10PM 0.53			7:52PM 0.53				8:33PM 0.51			9:12PM 0.48			9:43PM 0.46			10:06PM 0.45			10:19PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	15	17	17	15	20	19	17	18	19	19	20	20	16
Low °C	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	19	17	16	17	19	19	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	17	14	17	16	14	20	18	17	18	19	18	19	19	14
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	18	11	12	12	11	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	-	16	16	15	-	-	13	11	22	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	2.2 WNW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	12

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Strickland Bay WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	11714	8385	6232	4668	3570	2822	1969	1632	1525	1300	1396	1261	1268	1664	1407	1125	1035	1040	906	785	847	726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:20AM 1.23								9:46AM 1.23								10:11AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)						7:10PM 0.53								7:52PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	18	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	18	18	18	18	-	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	-	-	-	11	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island
Rating	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	6.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11
Energy	14125	13031	11714	10749	9335	8385	7634	6818	6232	5510	4668	4668	4356	4062	3570	3251	3008	2822	4821	2441	1969	2240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								9:20AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)																		7:10PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	6.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11

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