Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
25.3°C
0.6° 

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 (30 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (30 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (30 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 22°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun night).

Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.5
SE
8
1.3
SE
8
1.3
SE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.1
SE
8
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
553
450
450
481
540
486
402
354
306
250
239
238
219
219
197
208
203
187
138
132
129
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
6:04PM2.39m
6:26AM2.34m
6:50PM2.14m
7:23AM2.09m
7:56PM1.88m
Low Tide
11:57AM0.32m
00:15AM0.46m
12:43PM0.59m
1:05AM0.71m
1:47PM0.87m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
23
Feels °C
19
20
21
20
19
20
21
22
22
21
21
20
20
22
22
22
22
22
21
19
21
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