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Backdoors surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Backdoors surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backdoors sea temperature is
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backdoors today?

The current surf forecast for Backdoors at 11AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)14131313131312121271212121313121212121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41664238638054360475485086431511771486151016591548134512481077876650540487167142
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
1.13
3:43PM
0.85
3:33AM
1.04
4:17PM
0.83
3:41AM
0.95
4:56PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
0.20
9:19PM
0.32
10:08AM
0.21
9:41PM
0.43
10:26AM
0.24
9:53PM
0.56
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset------8:47-------8:47-------8:47-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818212020191817171617171717161616151717171616
Feels °C (?)171616201615141111119101010109910101211111011
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