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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	Wed	Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	17	16	18	16	15	14	14	13	17	12	12	13	11	18	12	17	16	16	16	15	16	15
Energy	91	282	1019	1014	592	466	305	1190	1871	628	514	451	671	714	270	1202	1422	1586	1379	1024	1358	1412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 0.55		12:32PM 0.85	12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49	8:54AM 0.75	1:24PM 1.13		9:00AM 0.76	1:57PM 1.22		9:36AM 0.78	2:33PM 1.27		10:15AM 0.77			11:08AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37AM 0.30		7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18												9:19PM -0.02			10:47PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	10	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	20	18	16	16	14	15	17	17	17	18	18	16	19	21	25	23	21	21	21
Low °C	19	19	20	18	18	16	16	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	16	16	16	24	18	19	21	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	20	18	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	18	18	15	19	21	25	23	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	16	18	16	15	14	14	13	17	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	16	16	16	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	-	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	17	12	11	-	4	4	5	-	17	24	22	-	20	18	21	17	12	-	-	-	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	3	4	3	-	3	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	3	4	-	5

	Wed	Thursday 14	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	17	16	16	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	82	77	91	111	142	282	682	1019	962	1065	1014	813	796	592	558	466	459	322	305	309	1463	1621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:01AM 0.55					12:32PM 0.85				12:41AM 0.52				12:55PM 1.00				1:13AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 0.37			5:37AM 0.30					7:28PM 0.26			5:52AM 0.25					8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	8	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	21	20	19	19	21	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	22	20	21	20	19	19	21	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	12	13	11	3	-	-	4	5	4	3	4	-	-	5	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14
	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rottnest Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	The Spot WA - Perth City	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	18
Energy	77	83	82	59	59	77	75	75	91	89	3029	111	125	142	142	166	247	282	282	740	682	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									12:01AM 0.55													12:32PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.37							12:32AM 0.69				5:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	19	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	-	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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