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Cable Beach

Western Australia · Australia

IntermediateBeach break-35.115, 117.906

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Cable Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~17.6°C (63.7°F) on average

Jan

19.8°C

67.6°F · 18.4–21.7°C

Feb

20.3°C

68.5°F · 18.2–21.9°C

Mar

20.4°C

68.7°F · 18.9–22.1°C

Apr

20.6°C

69.1°F · 19–22.1°C

May

20.5°C

68.9°F · 18.8–22.4°C

Jun

19.7°C

67.5°F · 17.8–22°C

Jul

19°C

66.2°F · 17.9–20.1°C

Aug

18°C

64.4°F · 16.8–19.3°C

Sep

17.6°C

63.7°F · 16.3–18.8°C

Oct

17.4°C

63.3°F · 15.3–19.1°C

Nov

18.3°C

64.9°F · 16.7–19.7°C

Dec

19.1°C

66.4°F · 17.3–21°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

E–S

Best wind

W–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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