Back Beach surf break

Back Beach surfForecast / WA – Perth City / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
23.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (23 Mar)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (23 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313131212121212121271111111615151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1387130514131285106986884169576042141431930130066355829552510201064976947919892
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.65
12:05PM
0.65
12:58PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17AM
0.10
1:14AM
0.05
1:57AM
0.03
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:24-------6:24
Sunset--6:27-------6:25-------6:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232625211916151622222120201918182529302824222020
Feels °C (?)192119141311111218161615171413122025262317161313
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