Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 AWST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
23.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.8
SW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211111311141413131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2812642552992182182112312272701584501196239373168428003088273123271906165214021174
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
5
SW
10
W
20
W
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
0.53
9:58AM
0.36
8:21PM
0.49
9:28AM
0.41
9:06PM
0.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
0.10
3:34AM
0.15
2:19PM
0.32
3:32AM
0.21
3:12PM
0.27
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----6:19-------6:17-------6:16---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121212120202020202121202019191918191919191917
Feels °C (?)212020192019201920191817161515141515161616171815
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