Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.4°C
0.7° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Fri night, gales from the SSW by Sat night).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2299
2668
3302
3581
3835
3601
3553
3987
3595
4102
4170
4220
4868
5034
6491
6984
6418
5096
4096
3651
3408
3158
5454
3585
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
55
SW
50
SSW
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
on
on
High Tide
00:27AM0.59m
1:21AM0.61m
2:57AM0.62m
Low Tide
1:44PM0.13m
2:04PM0.06m
2:35PM0.02m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
mod rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
9
2
Temp °C
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
15
15
15
16
17
17
13
14
Feels °C
15
15
14
13
14
13
12
12
11
11
11
12
12
14
14
15
12
12
12
10
11
10
3
4
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