Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
16.9° C
2.0° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 7PM is: 5.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 4.5m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Aug)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (08 Aug)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, near gales from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
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2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
15
5
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
16
4
WSW
17
3.5
WSW
17
3.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2
WSW
13
2.3
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
7
3.5
WSW
9
3.5
WSW
10
3
SW
10
3.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8453
8677
9989
12021
9730
8753
7355
6176
4965
4116
3412
3102
1286
2334
2259
2590
930
1677
2591
2132
3385
Wind (km/h)
50
SW
50
SSW
45
SSW
25
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
NNE
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
35
W
45
W
50
SW
50
SW
45
SSW
25
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:20AM0.71m
7:19AM0.74m
Low Tide
3:34PM-0.01m
4:08PM-0.04m
4:43PM-0.05m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:00
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:45
5:45
 mm
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
5
4
2
2
2
2
Temp °C
13
12
13
12
11
11
11
12
14
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
14
12
11
9
Feels °C
2
1
3
5
5
6
8
10
11
11
13
11
11
11
11
9
7
4
0
1
2
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