Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.9°C
0.0° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 9AM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (29 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (29 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
4
4
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1117
1102
1087
1132
1193
1139
1288
1305
1339
1067
1054
1001
1081
1275
1693
2477
1611
2510
1946
3203
3769
4187
4514
4292
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
25
W
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SE
15
ENE
10
SE
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
12:20PM0.26m
10:29PM0.64m
10:58PM0.66m
Low Tide
5:56AM0.15m
2:21PM0.26m
7:23AM0.14m
11:26AM0.11m
cloud
cloud
cloud
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
16
16
17
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
13
16
17
16
16
15
Feels °C
13
13
14
13
13
14
14
14
14
12
13
13
11
11
11
11
10
11
9
13
12
10
11
9
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