Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.1°C
0.2° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 12AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (09 Oct)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 Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sun afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4883
4963
4527
4936
5445
5948
6110
5947
5947
5745
4985
4527
4467
4313
4823
5187
5696
5998
6152
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
8:57PM0.43m
8:53AM0.42m
8:58PM0.49m
9:43AM0.36m
9:09PM0.55m
Low Tide
3:12AM0.25m
2:38PM0.27m
3:58AM0.21m
2:09PM0.28m
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Temp °C
16
17
16
16
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16
Feels °C
9
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14
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12
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