Surfability of the Perth metropolitan coastline: An assessment

To predict the surfability or surfing climate of the Perth Metropolitan coastline, offshore wind and wave data together with a wave refraction/diffraction and shoaling model was used. The highest surfability values were predicted at the northern locations where the influence of Rottnest Island diminishes and there are no offshore reef systems. The surfability decreases as we move towards the south. At the southern locations, surfability is very low during the summer months. The construction of the artificial surfing reef at Cable Station would increase the current surfability at this site by a factor of 5.