Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.3°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Leighton Beach today (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 18s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 7PM is: 1.3m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Fri night, light winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Fri
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
WSW
19
1.4
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
19
1.4
WSW
18
2
WSW
18
2
WSW
17
2.5
W
17
3
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
2
WSW
10
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
694
789
970
1188
2411
2357
3523
4234
1375
1208
1012
871
803
763
642
1526
1605
1073
2080
2088
2169
Wind (km/h)
15
N
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
35
NW
40
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
9:38AM0.53m
10:18PM0.43m
10:15AM0.45m
10:26PM0.50m
10:44AM0.37m
10:37PM0.55m
Low Tide
4:15PM0.23m
3:55AM0.25m
3:51PM0.26m
4:47AM0.23m
3:35PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
20
21
19
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
16
16
16
17
17
Feels °C
17
18
17
16
15
13
10
11
11
12
13
14
13
14
12
13
14
13
13
14
14
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