Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.87° S 35.55° E

Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
23.7° C
0.6° 

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 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 11PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
10
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
1
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
139
126
119
115
120
170
138
84
73
73
75
73
55
54
46
45
44
43
32
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:07PM2.46m
7:20AM2.32m
7:46PM2.26m
8:03AM2.13m
8:39PM2.03m
Low Tide
1:16AM0.51m
1:33PM0.51m
1:57AM0.70m
2:21PM0.71m
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>
6:11
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:15
 mm
Temp °C
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
21
21
21
21
21
20
22
22
21
22
22
Feels °C
20
20
20
21
22
22
21
22
19
20
20
20
21
22
23
22
20
20
21
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