Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.1°C
0.9° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 5AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (02 Sep)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (02 Sep)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Wed night, fresh winds from the W by Thu night).

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
13
2.4
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1874
1700
1933
2181
2280
2122
2060
2029
2299
2668
3302
3534
3700
3601
3766
2729
4040
3985
4046
4281
4729
5181
6656
6895
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
NW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
11:52PM0.56m
00:27AM0.59m
1:21AM0.61m
Low Tide
2:58PM0.20m
1:44PM0.13m
2:04PM0.06m
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rain showers
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light rain
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
12
12
11
12
13
14
14
15
13
12
11
12
12
13
12
11
10
11
10
12
13
14
14
13
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