Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.94° S 115.28° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
20.1° C
0.2° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 7AM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (16 Jul)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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)
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
2.2
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2257
1908
1698
1684
1599
1622
1728
1657
1605
1831
1490
1336
1295
1044
1192
1060
1939
2686
3990
4855
6142
8588
7758
6534
Wind (km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
15
NW
15
WSW
0
N
5
NNE
10
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:19AM0.69m
10:51AM0.60m
11:02AM0.51m
Low Tide
7:31PM0.07m
7:29PM0.15m
6:49PM0.21m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:15
7:13
7:13
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5:34
5:35
5:35
 mm
3
7
5
5
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
18
21
22
21
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
15
14
13
15
16
16
12
14
17
16
19
18
18
16
16
15
13
11
10
11
12
14
13
14
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