Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.6°C
0.9° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 18s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 8AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri night, light winds from the SSW by Sun night).

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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)
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
1
WSW
19
1.4
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
19
1.3
WSW
18
2
WSW
18
2
WSW
17
2.4
W
17
2.5
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
13
2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
796
890
669
694
789
970
1028
2411
2357
3248
3360
1375
1358
2982
871
784
763
642
1526
1461
1089
1894
2088
2169
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:38AM0.53m
10:18PM0.43m
10:15AM0.45m
10:26PM0.50m
10:44AM0.37m
10:37PM0.55m
Low Tide
2:58AM0.28m
4:15PM0.23m
3:55AM0.25m
3:51PM0.26m
4:47AM0.23m
3:35PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:20
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
14
19
20
19
18
18
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
11
10
9
15
17
17
17
15
14
13
12
11
12
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
15
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