Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.3°C
1.4° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 6AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.2
W
14
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
2.2
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.3
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
18
2.5
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
17
2.3
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4111
3164
2671
2197
2160
1788
805
700
569
1547
2177
2171
1960
1711
1420
1852
4090
3950
3269
2853
2541
2389
2075
1957
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
0
ENE
20
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
3:11AM0.62m
5:00AM0.64m
6:17AM0.66m
Low Tide
2:38PM0.02m
3:10PM-0.00m
3:40PM0.00m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:02
 mm
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
15
16
17
16
15
14
13
13
14
16
16
15
12
11
10
11
17
20
19
16
14
Feels °C
13
12
11
10
11
12
13
15
11
7
7
7
10
10
9
7
7
6
7
13
16
14
12
9
  • 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 

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 Leighton Beach 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.


Nearest locationNearest