Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.2°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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4PM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)7ft (2.1m)16s
Afternoon (01 Sep)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (01 Sep)7ft (2.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
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0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
13
2.4
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2384
2080
2054
2486
2325
2007
1900
1874
1848
1933
2181
2280
2122
2060
2029
2299
2668
3139
3487
3526
3601
3553
3504
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:46AM0.31m
11:52PM0.56m
00:27AM0.59m
Low Tide
6:24AM0.25m
4:20PM0.23m
2:58PM0.20m
1:44PM0.13m
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clear
clear
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clear
cloud
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part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:02
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
16
16
16
15
15
14
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
10
9
11
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
12
13
14
14
15
15
14
13
12
14
14
12
12
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