Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.0°C
0.1° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 6PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (05 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (05 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu morning).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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)
1
2
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
WSW
15
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2997
3199
3156
3282
3573
3525
3979
4487
5220
6093
5943
5747
5596
5403
5140
4645
4073
3691
3196
2900
2234
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
5
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:55AM0.54m
00:08AM0.38m
7:04AM0.51m
9:20PM0.38m
Low Tide
2:26PM0.06m
2:49PM0.10m
00:55AM0.38m
3:02PM0.16m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
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cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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Temp °C
18
17
17
16
15
14
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15
23
20
19
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17
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18
18
18
Feels °C
16
14
14
13
12
10
10
11
21
15
16
14
13
13
13
13
15
14
15
15
14
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