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

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	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Scarborough Beach WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	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
Rating	0	3	3	0	3	4	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	15	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	721	620	955	449	436	761	915	763	582	378	413	566	406	294	217	207	249	296	243	170	165	169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 0.56		9:08AM 0.28								8:19PM 0.66			8:39PM 0.68			9:05PM 0.71			9:39PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 0.28		4:19AM 0.20	10:40AM 0.28		4:24AM 0.14			4:49AM 0.11				5:52AM 0.27			5:49AM 0.08			7:03AM 0.23			7:06AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	21	29	28	24	29	29	23	22	26	25	25	26	22	24	21	20	22	21	19	19
Low °C	16	19	18	21	24	22	23	24	20	22	24	17	20	25	18	19	21	18	21	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	18	21	29	28	24	29	29	23	22	26	25	25	26	22	24	21	20	22	21	19	18
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	20	4	-	7	-	-	5	15	15	5	-	9	18	16	15	5	4	-	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 E	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	-	2	-	-

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	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	14	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	13	13	14	15	14
Energy(?)	0	0	902	880	956	681	620	61	651	811	643	565	621	449	436	504	71	634	1096	1139	1314	846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				7:42AM 0.30				7:31PM 0.56					9:28AM 0.46			7:43PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)			4:00AM 0.26								4:00AM 0.19								4:50AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	12	16	22	21	19	18	21	21	18	21	30	29	24	25	23	23	22	24	29	29
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	15	22	21	18	17	21	21	17	21	30	29	24	25	23	23	22	24	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	21	-	-	-	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	18	18	7	18	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	4	-	-	4	5	5	6	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	6	-	3	-	-	-

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	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	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	4	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	0	0	1056	1104	1307	1011	1158	0	1247	1214	1083	961	1052	880	721	721	17	681	744	1087	1078	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												7:43AM 0.29
Low Tide / height (m)								3:41AM 0.24							10:41AM 0.28
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	18	17	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	19	20	22	21	19	19	21	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	15	19	20	22	21	18	18	21	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	21	21	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SW	-	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	21	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	13	13	5

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