Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
19.6°C
1.0° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 5AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (09 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (09 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 10°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3649
3932
3932
3651
3423
3423
3156
2903
2665
2629
2629
2563
2598
2669
2850
2751
2786
2697
2359
2178
2629
1997
1972
1809
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:57AM0.43m
8:59PM0.52m
9:45AM0.38m
9:11PM0.58m
10:33AM0.32m
9:25PM0.62m
Low Tide
3:17AM0.25m
2:36PM0.27m
3:59AM0.21m
2:09PM0.29m
4:39AM0.17m
1:54PM0.28m
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Temp °C
15
14
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
13
15
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
9
9
10
11
11
12
12
14
13
12
13
13
12
12
12
11
10
10
8
9
8
9
9
9
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