Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
24.9°C
1.0° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 8PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (25 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 21°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Sun night).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.7
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.6
S
12
0.7
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.4
SSW
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
13
0.8
S
15
0.7
S
14
0.7
S
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
121
121
101
137
186
227
215
213
195
184
170
110
144
101
84
129
124
119
272
189
181
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:15PM2.71m
3:27AM2.70m
3:42PM2.86m
3:53AM2.82m
4:09PM2.94m
Low Tide
9:07AM0.23m
9:24PM0.17m
9:33AM0.06m
9:50PM0.04m
10:00AM-0.06m
10:17PM-0.03m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
22
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
21
22
22
22
23
23
24
23
23
23
Feels °C
21
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
22
21
21
19
21
21
20
21
20
21
21
21
23
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