Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
18.8°C
0.2° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 5PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (05 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (05 Oct)7ft (2.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1739
1716
1953
1927
1900
2061
2119
2268
2325
2786
2479
2479
2285
1982
1982
2441
2123
1766
1706
1184
1094
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
6:08AM0.55m
11:36PM0.38m
7:12AM0.52m
9:07PM0.40m
Low Tide
2:31PM0.06m
2:53PM0.11m
1:31AM0.38m
3:05PM0.17m
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
16
17
17
17
16
14
14
14
21
19
18
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16
16
15
16
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18
18
17
18
Feels °C
14
15
14
16
14
12
12
12
19
14
13
13
12
12
10
12
14
15
15
14
14
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