Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 06 Mar 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
22.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (06 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
4
3
0
0
0
3
2
4
4
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151514141414141414141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15421776191427922686283027542061235822011945178715361398125111351021769700613555464373330
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
SE
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
E
10
NE
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
35
S
35
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
0.40
11:03AM
0.50
10:42PM
0.33
11:15AM
0.54
9:43PM
0.28
11:30AM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
0.24
5:33PM
0.25
4:00AM
0.23
6:27PM
0.26
3:49AM
0.21
7:49PM
0.27
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:11-------6:11-------6:13----
Sunset------6:47-------6:45-------6:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232224263228262423232429333028242222212225242321
Feels °C (?)202021222924232223242327322926212122212123201919
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