Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
24.5° C
1.2° 

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 (29 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 7PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (29 Jul)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (29 Jul)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 18°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
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
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
11
1
SSW
11
1
S
11
1
S
10
1
S
10
1
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.8
S
6
2
S
8
2.2
S
9
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
11
2.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
201
196
128
125
164
254
238
225
216
206
346
580
245
559
775
1090
1418
1680
1980
2003
1460
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
4:08PM2.50m
4:21AM2.53m
4:37PM2.62m
4:49AM2.61m
5:05PM2.69m
Low Tide
10:00AM0.37m
10:16PM0.32m
10:29AM0.25m
10:45PM0.24m
10:57AM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:13
5:13
5:14
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
22
22
21
21
21
19
19
18
22
22
21
21
20
21
21
21
23
23
20
20
20
Feels °C
22
21
20
21
22
19
19
18
22
19
16
17
16
17
16
16
16
16
14
16
16
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