Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
23.7°C
0.5° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 03). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri night, fresh winds from the SE by Sun afternoon).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
12
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
10
1.4
SSW
10
1.5
S
11
1.6
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
354
259
228
163
108
59
57
51
45
49
48
43
41
135
286
385
443
516
584
Wind (km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
5
ESE
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:11PM2.24m
7:27AM2.12m
7:59PM1.94m
8:30AM1.84m
9:46PM1.68m
Low Tide
1:20AM0.69m
1:46PM0.76m
2:13AM0.97m
3:11PM1.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:46
5:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:27
5:27
5:28
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
23
23
22
22
23
23
24
25
24
23
23
22
21
22
23
23
23
23
23
Feels °C
20
22
21
21
22
22
23
23
24
25
26
23
21
23
24
23
24
25
25
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