Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
24.7° C
1.4° 

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 (11 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 10PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)--
Afternoon (11 Jul)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (11 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
S
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
12
1
S
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.8
S
12
1
S
9
0.7
S
12
0.7
S
12
1
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
874
733
711
608
599
564
573
609
591
490
468
446
365
359
285
280
109
187
154
144
151
154
160
149
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
S
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
High Tide
1:45AM2.16m
2:10PM2.25m
2:43AM2.33m
3:05PM2.46m
3:32AM2.50m
Low Tide
7:24PM0.67m
7:59AM0.66m
8:28PM0.48m
8:54AM0.46m
9:20PM0.30m
9:41AM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:05
5:06
5:06
5:07
 mm
Temp °C
22
22
22
21
20
20
22
22
22
22
22
21
21
20
22
22
22
22
21
20
19
18
22
23
Feels °C
21
22
23
22
20
21
22
20
20
20
21
21
21
21
23
21
21
21
21
20
18
17
22
21
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Back Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest