Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.9°C
0.0° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 1AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (30 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (30 Sep)8ft (2.4m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
4
4
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0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.4
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1139
1288
1305
1257
1273
1054
1001
1081
1275
2594
2477
1611
2510
2241
3552
4086
4412
4575
4514
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:29PM0.64m
10:58PM0.66m
Low Tide
2:21PM0.26m
7:23AM0.14m
11:26AM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
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cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
16
16
15
16
17
17
16
16
16
15
16
16
14
16
17
16
16
15
Feels °C
14
13
14
13
13
13
13
11
10
10
10
11
12
10
12
12
11
11
10
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