Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 10AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
2
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
3
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)14151515151415161616161615151414141481010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)34303682368238733820385338823048347031182369237919631488124898687975487520072527252333193926
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
45
W
45
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
0.59
6:40AM
0.62
7:29AM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.05
3:49PM
0.04
4:05PM
0.05
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise-6:33-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset----6:02-------6:04-------6:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------1111331155
Temp. °C121215151515161616161717161615141515141515151214
Feels °C (?)99111010101111111112131314139109666634
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Perth City

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind has turned cross-on at Back Beach (light winds from the SSE at Lancelin(Defence) 13 km from Back Beach). A 2.9m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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1 h 26 min ago

15 km/h
SSE
Cross-On
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