Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.9°C
0.0° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 5AM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (01 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (01 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri night, light winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
1
0
2
4
0
0
0
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4
4
0
0
0
1
1
3
4
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
SW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.9
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.3
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1611
2510
2144
3598
4141
4412
4412
4353
3926
3525
3195
2842
2626
2212
1933
1621
1538
1491
1972
2173
2594
3079
3245
3121
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
10
ESE
25
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
5
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:34PM0.66m
00:22AM0.64m
Low Tide
11:26AM0.11m
12:34PM0.06m
1:19PM0.03m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
15
16
17
17
16
16
15
13
12
13
20
19
17
16
16
15
14
14
21
18
17
17
16
Feels °C
11
9
13
14
12
10
11
10
9
7
8
16
13
11
9
11
10
10
11
19
13
12
13
13
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