Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
25.6°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 (06 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 06). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 22°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, strong winds from the S by Sun night).

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
SSW
12
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
12
1.8
SSW
6
2.5
S
8
3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
79
58
55
56
57
56
55
55
51
55
54
47
45
32
121
115
102
96
90
152
200
816
1830
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
10
NE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
45
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:07PM2.46m
2:21AM2.44m
2:40PM2.58m
2:53AM2.56m
3:10PM2.64m
3:23AM2.63m
Low Tide
8:16PM0.42m
8:29AM0.31m
8:48PM0.30m
9:01AM0.21m
9:18PM0.22m
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clear
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clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
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Temp °C
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
25
26
26
25
25
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25
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25
25
24
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23
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Feels °C
25
22
23
24
23
25
24
26
26
26
25
25
28
29
28
27
27
26
25
23
23
21
18
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