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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	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Artificial reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Grabbers WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	11	11	6	12	5	17	16	6	-	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	237	375	310	216	257	449	488	82	1777	2007	170	0	721	576	620	442	451	608	743	732	458	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:54PM 0.48			10:14PM 4:38AM 0.43 0.37		7:49PM 0.44		6:18AM 0.32	7:23PM 0.49		7:43AM 0.29	7:29PM 0.55		9:22AM 0.27	7:43PM 0.59			8:00PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:15PM 0.28			1:08PM 0.19		3:05AM 0.37	1:00PM 0.24		3:19AM 0.30	11:38AM 0.27		3:37AM 0.24	10:41AM 0.28		4:00AM 0.19	10:23AM 0.27		4:28AM 0.15			4:49AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	18	17	18	21	20	19	28	27	23	29	29	27	28
Low °C	22	20	15	16	17	14	16	17	13	15	17	13	16	19	17	21	23	21	23	25	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	21	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	17	16	17	21	20	19	28	27	23	29	29	27	28
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	11	11	11	12	18	8	16	15	7	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 SW	0.1 W	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	12	16	15	13	20	13	17	-	-	14	-	-	7	20	-	8	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSE	-	1.7 SSW	0.9 SE	-	1.1 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 E	1.2 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	7	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	-	6	5	-	5	3	3	5	-	3	3	3	-

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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	The Spot WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach 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	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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	7	7	7	8	7	7	16	7	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	11	12	19	18	18
Energy(?)	214	180	237	295	375	469	478	310	5	201	216	176	257	359	390	449	388	349	488	839	752	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							10:54PM 0.48								10:14PM 0.43		4:38AM 0.37					7:49PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)				12:51PM 0.13								1:08PM 0.19					3:05AM 0.37			1:00PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	22	21	20	19	18	17	13	16	18	18	17	17	17	15	14	15	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	21	20	18	17	16	11	15	17	17	16	16	16	13	13	14	16	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	-	-	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	20	19	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	7	8	7	5	4	4	6	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	5	6

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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	The Spot WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach 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	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	Bennion Beach Cleggies WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	217	141	155	155	184	184	275	374	0	253	279	295	341	320	375	417	470	469	465	465	478	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					10:54PM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)											12:51PM 0.13
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	22	23	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	6	6	6	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7

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