Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 30 Sep 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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 2PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (30 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (30 Sep)8ft (2.4m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the S by Fri night).

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
4
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0
0
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4
3
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.4
WSW
15
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
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1356
1054
1001
1081
1275
2425
2477
1611
2510
2144
3598
4141
4412
4575
4514
3926
3525
3195
2842
2626
2212
1933
1621
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
SE
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
25
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:58PM0.66m
11:34PM0.66m
Low Tide
7:23AM0.14m
11:26AM0.11m
12:34PM0.06m
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cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:56
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Temp °C
16
17
16
16
16
16
15
16
15
15
16
17
16
16
15
13
11
12
19
19
17
16
16
Feels °C
12
13
11
11
11
11
10
11
10
11
13
12
11
11
10
9
7
8
15
14
11
10
11
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