Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 AWST
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Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
21.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 12PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111414141414131313131316151517161313141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92620332005182317971710156715201497149713092997283724647712850243805183536752204990455840383305
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
5
S
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
NW
45
WSW
45
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
0.71
10:25AM
0.73
10:59AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.05
9:28PM
0.04
11:17PM
0.03
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----5:54-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------2---------
Temp. °C161518181818171717171920202018171717171717171614
Feels °C (?)1413171514151516161615141413107910121213131210
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