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

7 day 48 hour

	Fri		Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Leighton Beach WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Chicken Reef WA - Rottnest Island	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Secret Harbour WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City
Rating	1	0	2	5	4	4	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	9	8	5	6	0	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	16	21	16	19	17	17	16	17	17
Energy(?)	2810	2821	4682	5082	2789	1960	1991	1872	2282	2219	2146	1306	1380	2954	8576	4234	10535	7029	5667	4173	7599	7689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:04AM 0.74			10:14AM 0.67			10:42AM 0.62			11:06AM 0.55			11:02AM 0.45		3:33AM 0.44			4:01AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)	6:30PM 0.03			6:43PM 0.04			6:59PM 0.07			7:11PM 0.11	8:01PM 0.38		7:15PM 0.16		5:52AM 0.36	7:12PM 0.20			7:35PM 0.22			3:38PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	17	18	17	16	11	17	16	15	16	15	13	16	16	17	17	14	12	16	14	16	17
Low °C	18	16	18	17	11	10	16	14	15	16	12	13	15	15	17	14	10	9	14	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	16	15	9	16	14	13	15	14	11	16	16	16	16	13	11	16	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	18	16	-	-	14	13	14	-	12	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	19	17	17	16	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	22	18	18	26	22	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	15	14	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Alkimos 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	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Cathedral Rock WA - Rottnest Island	Cable Station Reef WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	The Spot WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City	Golden Bay WA - Perth City	Cable Station Reef WA - Perth City	Cottesloe Beach WA - Perth City	Alkimos WA - Perth City
Rating	3	1	2	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3040	2720	2909	2964	3428	2821	2887	5180	5246	5258	4136	2140	3305	3083	2573	2215	2056	2118	1886	1628	1778	2026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:31AM 0.75								9:42AM 0.70								10:14AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)				6:22PM 0.02								6:38PM 0.05								6:55PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	16	18	19	17	16	17	16	17	18	17	17	14	13	13	11	11	13	16	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	18	16	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	12	12	12	9	9	12	16	14	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	14	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	13	13