Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.3°C
0.8° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 10PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (04 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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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2
4
3
2
1
0
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0
0
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3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
14
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.4
WSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4889
6571
6984
6418
5373
4334
3651
3288
2635
2049
1838
1510
2422
4174
4241
3744
3280
2628
3491
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
5
SW
15
SSE
25
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
2:57AM0.62m
4:44AM0.63m
Low Tide
2:04PM0.06m
2:35PM0.02m
3:07PM-0.01m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:04
6:05
 mm
3
5
2
1
Temp °C
17
16
16
15
14
14
15
17
17
15
15
15
14
15
15
16
17
16
13
Feels °C
14
14
14
13
10
10
10
12
12
13
15
12
10
8
9
10
11
10
7
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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