Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 7PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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4
3
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
SW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121214151514141515151515151514141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)151015103714446744674160393341734671473447344230389535533183279925822248212519501515152411691216
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
SE
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
0.56
10:22PM
0.33
8:29AM
0.53
9:50PM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
0.09
3:59PM
0.14
1:29AM
0.32
3:57PM
0.19
2:41AM
0.28
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:11-------6:09
Sunset--6:12-------6:12-------6:13-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616151516161617171717161414131718171615151514
Feels °C (?)111110101113131214151414141212111515131212121210
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Perth City

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Back Beach (light winds from the E at Gingin Aerodrome 79 km from Back Beach). A 3.2m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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