Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.8° 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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 9PM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (08 Jul)7ft (2.2m)17s
Evening (08 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed night, min 11°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
18
2.2
WSW
17
2.3
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.5
SW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
773
2629
2716
2615
2618
2758
2513
2418
2021
1728
1526
1360
1224
1080
989
744
732
663
589
615
689
504
466
430
Wind (km/h)
15
N
15
NW
10
W
5
SW
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
5:04AM0.58m
5:45AM0.65m
6:31AM0.71m
Low Tide
6:59PM0.23m
3:18PM0.14m
3:41PM0.05m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:16
7:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:25
5:27
5:27
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
18
18
19
17
16
15
15
16
18
18
18
15
15
15
15
16
18
17
16
14
13
12
11
Feels °C
13
15
16
19
16
15
13
13
13
15
16
16
13
14
13
13
14
15
14
13
12
11
9
8
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