Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
20.2° 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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)8ft (2.5m)17s
Afternoon (12 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (12 Jul)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
3
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4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
3
SW
18
3
SW
18
3
SW
18
3
SW
17
3
WSW
17
3
SW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3515
2433
2004
2032
4714
5678
6143
5868
5468
4820
4478
3738
3504
3116
3037
2547
2479
2381
2414
2207
2178
1874
1848
1579
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
8:02AM0.78m
8:52AM0.78m
Low Tide
4:59PM-0.07m
5:43PM-0.08m
6:27PM-0.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:15
7:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:31
5:32
5:32
5:34
 mm
Temp °C
12
15
15
15
13
12
11
11
13
16
17
15
13
12
12
12
16
21
22
20
19
18
17
16
Feels °C
8
11
11
12
10
9
8
7
9
13
13
11
9
7
7
7
11
17
18
15
13
11
9
8
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