Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Backwash today (27 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Backwash at 10PM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 18s |
| Evening (27 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Backwash. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri morning, min 26°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 81 | 112 | 152 | 142 | 214 | 241 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 392 | 522 | 595 | 679 | 640 | 581 | 661 | 823 | 813 | 793 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 2:21PM2.69m | 2:48AM2.77m | 2:58PM2.79m | 3:22AM2.91m | 3:34PM2.85m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:34PM0.43m | 8:53AM0.52m | 9:08PM0.34m | 9:29AM0.41m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Temp °C | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 52 | 52 | 54 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 392 | 522 | 595 | 679 | 640 | 581 | 661 | 823 | 813 | 793 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 20 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 |
| kJ | 81 | 112 | 152 | 142 | 214 | 241 | 129 | 179 | 181 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 64 | 60 | 59 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 38 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 13 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 76 | 55 | 26 | 49 | 46 | 73 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 63 | 43 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 31 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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