Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 21 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.6° 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 (21 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 3PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 24s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (21 Aug)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (21 Aug)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, light winds from the SE by Sun night).

Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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)
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4
!
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4
5
5
5
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
14
2
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
2
WSW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.7
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4108
3950
3574
3157
3227
3348
3151
2842
2243
2309
4478
3237
2629
2300
1856
1447
1042
1028
1028
1127
1444
1308
1484
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NNE
10
W
20
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:11AM0.55m
4:40AM0.56m
5:51AM0.58m
Low Tide
3:26PM0.10m
3:41PM0.08m
3:58PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:47
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:55
5:55
5:57
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
17
21
21
19
18
16
15
15
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
9
9
13
18
17
15
14
13
12
14
17
15
12
10
10
10
11
12
12
13
14
13
13
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