Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
23.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 6PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (28 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1
WSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)11111167787101010141414131010131078888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)640657247263360379294169362328204183138129120315273892452211326355363346
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
5
E
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
S
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43PM
0.67
6:44PM
0.71
7:39PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
-0.02
4:36AM
-0.06
5:12AM
-0.06
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset--7:21-------7:20-------7:20-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262522202020212431272522232324262925242323242424
Feels °C (?)222016141516182131242119202121242822212121232220
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