Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.6° C
0.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 2PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Aug)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (20 Aug)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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)
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0
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4
4
5
5
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0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
14
2
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6836
6427
5953
5140
4797
4471
4214
4299
4244
3719
3574
3271
3227
3348
3030
2917
2379
2309
4478
3237
2629
2300
2023
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
20
SW
30
S
30
SSE
30
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:11AM0.55m
4:40AM0.56m
Low Tide
3:18PM0.12m
3:26PM0.10m
3:41PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
6:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:55
5:55
 mm
Temp °C
15
14
17
18
17
17
16
15
13
13
17
20
19
18
17
17
16
16
19
18
17
17
17
Feels °C
14
12
16
16
14
13
12
11
9
9
14
17
15
14
13
14
13
15
19
15
12
12
13
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