Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.1°C
0.2° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 11PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Mon morning, calm by Tue morning).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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)
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
4
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.2
WSW
18
1.4
WSW
17
1.8
SW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.2
SW
16
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
934
765
732
632
826
1133
1672
2191
2178
2233
1255
1241
1102
1087
1132
1193
1139
1014
1305
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
35
WNW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
9:49PM0.54m
10:53AM0.34m
10:06PM0.59m
12:20PM0.26m
10:29PM0.64m
Low Tide
3:18PM0.25m
4:54AM0.17m
3:06PM0.27m
5:56AM0.15m
2:21PM0.26m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
16
16
17
17
17
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
15
13
13
12
13
13
12
13
13
14
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
14
13
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