Backdoor 4 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.28° S 151.57° E

Issued: 4 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Backdoor 4 sea temperature is

21.0°C

Backdoor 4 surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Backdoor 4 today (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Backdoor 4 at 9AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	10s

Table - waves today at Backdoor 4. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 11	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	1647	1539	1384	1192	1102	1047	757	637	532	439	368	276	237	182	132	129	123	88	250	29	176	134	72	85	73	83
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	NW	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	WSW	W	WNW	SE	ESE	NE	N	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide				9:15AM1.61m				9:52PM1.10m				9:50AM1.59m				10:31PM1.05m				10:27AM1.55m					11:13PM1.01m
Low Tide		2:47AM0.31m				3:58PM0.17m				3:20AM0.35m				4:37PM0.19m				3:55AM0.40m					5:18PM0.23m			4:32AM0.45m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	7:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	13	14	17	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	21	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Feels °C	12	11	13	14	14	13	14	18	20	16	17	20	16	17	17	19	19	17	17	16	17	17	18	19	20	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 8	SSE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7
kJ	1647	1539	1384	1192	1102	1047	757	637	532	439	368	276	237	182	132	129	123	88	12	14	20	24	72	85	73	83
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 5	ENE 4	NE 5	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	NE 8	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9
kJ	9	9	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	14	11	6	8	17	8	37	18	7	31	29	25	21	39	21	21	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	S 13	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 12	S 11	S 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 10	S 9	ESE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 7	NE 7	E 9
kJ	5	5	5	3	9	9	9	8	8	25	20	18	9	9	8	7	6	13	8	8	7	24	23	8	8	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 11	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	NE 5	ENE 4	NE 5	—	—	SSE 4	SSE 8	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SE 6	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	12	37	35	22	23	—	—	7	29	49	—	—	17	250	187	176	134	52	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	2	44	754	226	91	3	0	0	0	0	226	91	27	0	0	0	0	168	135	226	91	0	0	11
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4				3	3	3	2	2		2	2	1	1	1	2					1	1	1
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