Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (25 Mar)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111111615151414131313131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3312886175242956051020106499011901155892757613604486437430353292255251205180
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
40
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
40
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
ESE
25
ESE
10
ENE
10
SSE
30
ESE
35
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
50
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.63
3:00PM
0.59
5:07PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.05
1:57AM
0.03
2:32AM
0.03
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:26----
Sunset------6:23-------6:22-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------11------15452-21
Temp. °C201716172428292321212020273032312622201720242121
Feels °C (?)161210111923231715151514222629272623161217201812
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