Backwash Surf Break

Lat Long: 22.89° N 109.91° W

Backwash 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Backwash sea temperature is
31.1°C
3.3° 

Backwash 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 Backwash today (18 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Backwash at 3AM is: 0.7m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)19s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)18s

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

16 DaysHourly
Print Table

Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Fri morning, min 28°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.8
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
1
SW
18
1
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
400
388
388
388
450
450
384
380
423
470
460
522
455
455
455
455
614
614
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
10:45PM0.42m
10:24AM0.94m
9:31AM0.84m
Low Tide
6:34PM0.37m
1:13AM0.41m
11:47PM0.30m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
6:07
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:07
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:19
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
Temp °C
29
28
28
28
30
32
31
31
29
29
29
29
29
31
31
30
29
29
Feels °C
31
30
31
31
33
36
34
34
32
33
34
34
34
35
35
34
33
34
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

Latest Updates

Read more

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Sur

  1. 7am this morning..., swells rolling all the way to the beach in front of Cabo Surf Hotel..., the rock kicked up some surfable waves. The early morning tide is s killing us.

    39 hours 50 minutes ago Acapulquito-Costa Azul, 13 km away
Expand
<
>
View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Backwash surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

View detailed surf forecast for Backwash at:
surf-forecast.com

Nearest locationNearest