Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Back Beach today (16 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 2AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 14s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Back Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2494 | 2317 | 2061 | 1900 | 1809 | 1538 | 1314 | 1159 | 943 | 572 | 451 | 921 | 869 | 752 | 722 | 682 | 682 | 537 | 440 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross | on | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:10PM0.58m | 11:32PM0.59m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:54PM0.21m | 2:07PM0.17m | 1:57PM0.14m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 2494 | 2317 | 2061 | 1900 | 1809 | 1538 | 1314 | 1159 | 943 | 572 | 451 | 921 | 869 | 752 | 722 | 682 | 682 | 537 | 440 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 15 | WSW 16 | SW 22 | W 21 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 |
| kJ | — | — | 57 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | 209 | 318 | 18 | 9 | 40 | 76 | 76 | 39 | 131 | 211 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 |
| kJ | 40 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 265 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 225 | 377 | 474 | 493 | 167 | 0 |
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