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Perth Rockingham

Windsurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

3Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 2: not enough of the right wind, 10 kn gusting 24, side-onshore, Water: waves 0.8 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 17 out of 100

Wind
WNW 10 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
19°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SSW 9 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
22°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
22°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 11 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
21°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 225, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Nopen to the N
  • Best wind: E or Walong the shore
  • Avoid: Sblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 20 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best in Jul3 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Perth Rockingham
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 7 knots16knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves19°C
Mon 2Nov25, poorwind from the west-north-west, 10 knots24knside-on0.8 mwaves19°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-west, 9 knots21knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves19°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east, 4 knots11kncross-offchop22°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the south, 6 knots15knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves22°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 8 knots18knoffnot safechop28°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the south, 3 knots11knoffnot safechop25°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south, 11 knots24knoffnot safechop21°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 12 knots28knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves20°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 7 knots17knoffnot safechop18°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 00:32 +0.3 mLow 11:38 −0.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:32 +0.2 mLow 12:21 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:10 +0.1 mLow 12:52 −0.2 mHigh 21:59 +0.1 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best in Jul

Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Perth Rockingham

Looking west from Palm Beach Jetty, Rockingham, Western Australia, May 2019
Palm Beach. Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Perth Rockingham

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces N, so wind from the S blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 21). The sea is about 19°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 22°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually July, with about 3 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Rockingham. Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots, 1 wind sports spot and 1 dive site.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,900–US$3,660 each

about US$1,900–US$3,660 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to PER, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$1,070–US$2,230
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,900–US$3,660

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Rockingham

Closest

Rockingham

2 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Rockingham · Booking.com

About Rockingham its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 33h

About 33h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → PER, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 1h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.