Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.3°C
0.9° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 14°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Fri night, near gales from the SSW by Sat night).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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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0
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0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
15
4
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3581
3835
3394
3553
3766
3595
4102
4399
4159
4660
4889
6408
6984
6418
5373
4334
3875
3408
3158
5747
3682
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
W
15
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
35
SW
60
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
High Tide
1:21AM0.61m
2:57AM0.62m
Low Tide
1:44PM0.13m
2:04PM0.06m
2:35PM0.02m
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light rain
clear
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light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
1
1
2
11
8
Temp °C
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
16
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
16
17
17
14
14
Feels °C
15
13
14
11
11
11
10
10
12
12
14
14
14
13
12
10
11
11
11
8
3
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