Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 30 Jan 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (30 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (30 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)14147131310137888881212121310111312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138140123156156480187331575545490392322278282301382627496699481367282247
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
35
ESE
40
E
35
E
35
E
25
ENE
10
SE
30
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
0.74
8:29PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
-0.06
5:12AM
-0.06
5:45AM
-0.02
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:45----
Sunset------7:20-------7:19-------7:19-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323252523232222242222272726252923222432363429
Feels °C (?)192121232319192020221919232222222216161727342925
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