Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 26 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.5°C
0.3° 

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 (26 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 6PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (26 Oct)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (26 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Tue night, light winds from the ENE by Thu morning).

Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
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)
4
4
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.9
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1
SW
11
1.8
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
0.9
SW
10
0.8
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
0.6
WSW
16
0.7
WSW
16
0.8
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1525
1369
1234
1291
1323
1017
898
756
640
650
308
233
268
225
157
137
263
171
217
287
522
Wind (km/h)
5
E
15
NE
20
S
30
S
35
SSE
30
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
30
S
40
S
45
SSE
30
SSE
30
ESE
35
E
35
ENE
20
E
20
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:01PM0.67m
9:27PM0.71m
9:58PM0.73m
Low Tide
12:53PM0.29m
5:33AM0.06m
6:42AM0.04m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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5:26
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6:37
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6:37
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 mm
2
2
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Temp °C
16
18
19
18
18
15
14
17
23
23
20
19
18
18
16
18
23
23
22
20
18
Feels °C
14
15
15
13
12
8
8
10
17
16
13
12
13
11
8
10
18
18
16
15
14
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