Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 AWST
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Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
22.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (01 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111101015141415161414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13791045876814715627570370314362476544551463469538589721733701769969821746
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
SSE
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
S
15
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
10
ESE
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
0.44
9:27AM
0.47
9:49PM
0.39
9:35AM
0.52
10:32PM
0.34
9:47AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.25
3:57PM
0.23
2:50AM
0.27
4:38PM
0.20
2:35AM
0.27
5:19PM
0.18
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:30----
Sunset------6:15-------6:14-------6:13-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716161920191918171717212322222220191925242323
Feels °C (?)181615151816151514131414171917192115151625212122
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