Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 24 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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 2PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 25s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (24 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (24 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Fri night, light winds from the NNE by Sat night).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
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0
0
0
0
!
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2
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2
SW
14
3
WSW
20
3.5
WSW
19
4
SW
19
3.5
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
17
3.5
WSW
17
3.5
SW
17
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
691
610
1227
1080
1095
1210
1210
1314
1453
1515
6718
8246
10014
7263
8079
7230
6552
5263
4451
3668
2827
2271
2590
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
S
40
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:47AM0.53m
9:38PM0.38m
8:30AM0.51m
9:34PM0.42m
9:14AM0.47m
9:39PM0.48m
Low Tide
3:18PM0.15m
2:06AM0.29m
3:20PM0.19m
3:04AM0.25m
3:21PM0.22m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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rain showers
part cloud
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light rain
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:05
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:15
6:15
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
17
17
17
16
16
14
14
13
17
19
20
16
13
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
13
Feels °C
14
13
15
13
13
12
12
10
11
9
13
13
12
8
5
5
6
7
9
9
11
11
11
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