Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 9AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (03 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (03 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131313131313121212121514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154315431401119816071751114410448161144215819191460136712611144102110066895905907246311307
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
SE
20
E
20
ENE
15
N
20
WNW
15
SW
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
0.60
10:55AM
0.33
9:47PM
0.54
10:48AM
0.39
10:19PM
0.47
10:53AM
0.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.15
2:45PM
0.28
4:48AM
0.20
3:48PM
0.26
4:26AM
0.23
4:42PM
0.25
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset------6:51-------6:50-------6:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019202626242222222528363026242321212225242422
Feels °C (?)161815152221191920202023312524232321212124212121
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