Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.0°C
0.9° 

Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Back Beach today (14 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 5AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Back Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
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3
1
0
3
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3
2
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
3
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3262
3410
3127
2887
2887
3071
3029
3257
3139
2989
2878
2878
2589
2692
2412
2243
2082
1809
1463
1314
1095
943
572
451
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
25
SE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
SW
15
SE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
on
cross
off
High Tide
10:53AM0.29m
10:52PM0.57m
9:04AM0.24m
11:10PM0.58m
Low Tide
5:44AM0.23m
3:17PM0.24m
6:49AM0.24m
2:54PM0.21m
2:07PM0.17m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:09
6:10
 mm
Temp °C
17
17
15
19
20
19
18
17
15
15
15
20
24
23
21
19
17
16
17
25
29
26
25
24
Feels °C
15
15
11
15
16
14
14
13
11
11
10
16
21
19
16
15
15
14
14
23
27
25
24
22
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