Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Oct 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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 6PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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)
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2
4
4
1
2
0
0
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0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3440
3800
3851
3822
3822
3460
3415
3076
2997
3000
3156
3282
3573
3525
3979
4650
5089
5631
5747
5403
5403
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:25AM0.56m
5:55AM0.54m
Low Tide
1:56PM0.03m
2:26PM0.06m
2:49PM0.10m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
15
18
18
17
16
15
14
13
15
24
20
19
17
17
Feels °C
14
14
12
13
12
13
13
14
16
15
14
13
11
11
10
12
23
16
15
13
14
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