Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 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
22.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 5AM is: 2.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
3
0
0
1
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
WSW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1417161514141413131312121212121111781111121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10331305294121982265197715701502128810779968937957345273472611662609381134131013041164
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
20
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------5:58-------5:57-------5:55-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------2------
Temp. °C201919192323212020202020202021212119181818181817
Feels °C (?)181819182221191921212119171616171817141415151414
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