Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
19.0°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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 3AM is: 2.1m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3329
3024
2731
2155
3037
2084
4486
5006
5155
4963
4671
4936
5601
5948
6110
6110
6027
5745
5246
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
35
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:20PM0.38m
8:01AM0.47m
8:57PM0.43m
8:53AM0.42m
8:58PM0.49m
Low Tide
2:20AM0.31m
2:59PM0.22m
3:12AM0.25m
2:38PM0.27m
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Temp °C
18
18
18
18
18
17
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16
Feels °C
14
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