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Cheynes Beach

Western Australia · Australia

IntermediateBeach break-34.880, 118.403

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Cheynes Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches NE–S swell, and offshore W–NW 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: ~17.4°C (63.3°F) on average

Jan

19.8°C

67.6°F · 17.8–21.4°C

Feb

20.4°C

68.7°F · 18.3–21.8°C

Mar

20.3°C

68.5°F · 19.2–21.9°C

Apr

20.4°C

68.7°F · 18.9–22.1°C

May

20.2°C

68.4°F · 18.7–22.5°C

Jun

19.5°C

67.1°F · 18.3–21.6°C

Jul

18.7°C

65.7°F · 17.7–19.6°C

Aug

17.8°C

64°F · 16.6–19.2°C

Sep

17.4°C

63.3°F · 16.3–18.3°C

Oct

17.3°C

63.1°F · 14.6–18.7°C

Nov

18.1°C

64.6°F · 16.3–19.3°C

Dec

19.1°C

66.4°F · 17.3–20.8°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

NE–S

Best wind

W–NW

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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