Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
16.7°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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 11AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (01 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (01 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
3
4
4
2
2
2
4
3
1
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1261
1245
1193
1551
845
800
1187
1223
1336
1376
1449
1366
1452
1430
1487
1510
1579
1650
1797
1822
1983
2515
2602
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
ESE
10
S
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
WNW
20
W
25
W
35
W
30
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
10:42AM0.32m
11:48PM0.58m
9:33AM0.25m
00:22AM0.61m
Low Tide
6:22AM0.25m
4:28PM0.23m
8:05AM0.25m
2:55PM0.21m
1:48PM0.14m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:00
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
15
16
15
16
16
15
14
14
14
15
16
17
17
17
Feels °C
9
9
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
12
13
12
14
15
14
13
13
14
14
13
12
10
12
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