Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 27 Dec 2025 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 2PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (27 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (27 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tue
30
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131312121212117899910167889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29032846239022482201223511129367301276997105512424497628348986876502209339590699552
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
45
S
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
SSE
45
S
40
S
35
S
30
SE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13PM
0.44
5:18PM
0.51
5:40PM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.18
8:05AM
0.22
3:44AM
0.22
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tue
30
Sunrise-5:13-------5:15-------5:16------
Sunset----7:22-------7:23-------7:23---
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. °C161618181818181816172321201920191719252322212420
Feels °C (?)101011111112121110121814131313121012201615151812
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