Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.0°C
0.8° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 9AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (13 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (13 Sep)8ft (2.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Mon night).

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
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3
1
0
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3
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
2.4
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2754
2408
2342
1875
1326
1346
2823
3062
3262
3410
3127
2887
2927
3071
3257
3095
3257
3236
3108
2878
2692
2626
2515
2243
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
ESE
20
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
15
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:40AM0.36m
10:38PM0.53m
10:53AM0.29m
10:52PM0.57m
9:04AM0.24m
Low Tide
4:49AM0.24m
3:32PM0.25m
5:44AM0.23m
3:17PM0.24m
6:49AM0.24m
2:54PM0.21m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:18
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:09
6:09
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
17
17
17
17
17
17
14
14
18
20
19
17
16
16
14
15
20
25
24
19
18
Feels °C
14
14
14
15
14
14
15
15
15
11
10
14
16
14
13
11
11
8
10
16
22
21
16
16
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