Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
18.3°C
0.7° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (08 Sep)10ft (3.0m)17s
Evening (08 Sep)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 Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Thu night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
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3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4234
4181
4422
5582
5701
5755
5256
5069
4377
3936
3569
3253
3130
2705
2669
2419
2179
1976
1763
1496
1275
1145
1145
1177
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
30
E
20
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
15
E
15
SE
15
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:09AM0.64m
8:03AM0.62m
11:07PM0.32m
8:50AM0.58m
10:24PM0.35m
Low Tide
4:04PM0.03m
4:24PM0.09m
1:14AM0.31m
4:30PM0.16m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
Temp °C
15
13
12
17
17
16
17
14
11
9
10
16
19
20
17
17
16
14
14
17
19
19
19
17
Feels °C
11
7
6
11
10
10
13
7
4
3
3
9
13
16
11
11
11
9
10
12
15
17
16
14
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