Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.5° C
0.6° 

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 (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 10AM is: 2.1m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (16 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (16 Aug)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the S by Tue morning).

Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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)
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
19
3
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
17
4
WSW
17
4
WSW
17
4
WSW
17
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1224
1206
837
2191
2491
2303
2665
2629
3022
2836
2787
4004
5932
7628
9003
9820
9520
8001
7660
7396
7354
7539
7085
6112
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNW
15
N
20
NW
35
NW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
W
10
W
15
W
5
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:07AM0.40m
10:40AM0.40m
00:20AM0.46m
9:23AM0.33m
00:41AM0.51m
Low Tide
5:02AM0.30m
4:56PM0.23m
6:17AM0.31m
4:39PM0.21m
4:20PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:53
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
20
23
23
20
18
17
15
16
19
17
16
16
16
15
14
14
15
15
15
16
16
Feels °C
11
9
8
13
18
19
16
13
12
10
13
13
12
8
8
10
10
11
12
13
12
11
13
13
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