Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
25.0° C
1.5° 

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 (07 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 6PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (07 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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 20°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Fri
10
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
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
11
1
SSE
11
1.3
E
8
1.3
E
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.2
ESE
8
1.2
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.6
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
218
214
191
196
212
218
212
202
169
169
143
147
133
137
116
116
94
92
71
66
64
84
83
165
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
0
WSW
10
W
10
W
0
N
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
SW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:32PM2.18m
8:53AM2.05m
9:35PM2.06m
10:04AM1.95m
10:58PM1.99m
Low Tide
2:14PM0.64m
2:46AM0.79m
3:11PM0.75m
3:54AM0.89m
4:29PM0.83m
5:21AM0.92m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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>
5:04
5:04
5:05
5:05
 mm
Temp °C
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
21
22
22
22
21
20
20
22
22
22
22
22
22
21
20
Feels °C
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
22
21
22
21
21
22
20
20
23
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
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