Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 26 Feb 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
22.8° 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 12AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
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0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.5
WSW
3
WSW
4
SW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212777711111066766667181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)226180180250200168131115115112119164261257185195288504148052198132744667196747
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26PM
0.63
6:40PM
0.65
7:39PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
-0.01
4:11AM
-0.00
4:37AM
0.03
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:57-------6:55-------6:53-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222020202022262423212020202021222018191715152020
Feels °C (?)1918191920232622211917171615171714111211991513
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