Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
20.0° C
0.1° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 12AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)--
Afternoon (17 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (17 Jul)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the W by Sat morning).

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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)
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
2.5
W
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
17
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1622
1728
2534
2019
1679
1490
1336
1175
1044
825
852
1171
2613
3957
4763
5428
8764
7660
6868
Wind (km/h)
45
NNW
30
NNW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ENE
10
NNE
20
NNW
30
NW
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:51AM0.60m
11:02AM0.51m
Low Tide
7:31PM0.07m
7:29PM0.15m
6:49PM0.21m
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:13
7:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:35
 mm
2
2
3
6
22
2
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
19
18
17
17
18
17
17
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
10
15
18
19
18
18
17
15
13
13
12
13
12
10
11
11
11
12
12
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