Back Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Perth City Coast, Australia)
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Back Beach Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: consistent
Best: Swell SW | Wind NE
Sea Temperature Today is: 20.2 °C
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Period (s) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
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Wind State | cross- on |
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Back Beach in the Perth Area is an exposed beach break that has reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the optimum swell angle is from the southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. The quality of the surf isn't affected by the tide. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Hazards include rips and locals.
Tide Times:
For Lancelin, 4 km from Back Beach.
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Back Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Lancelin, 8 km from Back Beach.
wind obs. (6 kph from 180 degs) was rejected km/h | ![]() Clear skies | Air temperature 23.0 °C |
Overall Back Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in December
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Use this relief map to navigate to WA - Perth City surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Back Beach
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Back Beach:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break2 mi
- Second closest break2 mi
- Third closest break44 mi
- Fourth closest break53 mi
- Fifth closest break56 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Back Beach:
- Closest wave buoy1277 mi
- Second closest wave buoy1812 mi
- Third closest wave buoy2034 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy2041 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy2083 mi
Tide stations nearest to Back Beach:
- Closest tide stationLancelin6 mi
- Second closest tide stationCervantes33 mi
- Third closest tide stationTwo Rocks Marina42 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationJurien Bay47 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationQuinns Rocks57 mi
Airports
- The nearest passenger airport to Back Beach is Perth International Airport (PER) in Australia, which is 129 km (80 miles) away (directly).
- The second closest airport to Back Beach is Perth Jandakot Airport (JAD), also in Australia, 140 km (87 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Back Beach, WA - Perth City. Use the tab navigation above to view Back Beach sea temperature, Back Beach photographs, Back Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Back Beach webcams, current wind from WA - Perth City live weather stations and Back Beach tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Back Beach.