Back Door surfForecast / Bahia – Sul / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 -03
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Back Door surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Door sea temperature is
26.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Back Door today?

The current surf forecast for Back Door at 3PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (18 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
2.4
S
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)888888888866667887778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17317216717220389100939383135136161215777175553637748110913101005780
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
1.83
1:53AM
1.93
2:15PM
1.89
2:25AM
1.97
2:43PM
1.93
2:57AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
0.24
7:50PM
0.33
8:09AM
0.20
8:20PM
0.26
8:37AM
0.18
8:48PM
0.20
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise5:07-------5:07-------5:05-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:35-------5:35----
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11------------2352111221
Temp. °C242526262424232223262726252524242221222222212019
Feels °C (?)262626262525242424262626262828282220202121191918
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bahia - Sul

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Back Door (moderate winds from the ENE at Ilheus Airport 15 km from Back Door). A 1.2m swell from the E

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1 h 52 min ago

22 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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