Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.7°C
0.6° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 1PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
SW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6575
6575
6346
5965
5766
5445
4918
4631
4494
3924
3532
3122
2974
3094
3180
3369
3065
2762
2454
2200
2254
1599
1730
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
35
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:32AM0.42m
8:19PM0.48m
8:38AM0.38m
8:27PM0.55m
9:50AM0.34m
8:41PM0.61m
Low Tide
2:12AM0.30m
1:41PM0.23m
2:58AM0.23m
1:42PM0.26m
3:45AM0.16m
1:35PM0.29m
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Temp °C
15
15
16
15
15
14
14
13
12
13
14
15
14
14
15
12
10
11
14
14
15
15
16
Feels °C
10
9
10
8
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5
5
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7
8
5
4
5
8
9
8
8
11
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