Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 4AM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 26s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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)
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
19
1.4
WSW
18
2
WSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1624
1328
1271
1167
1088
949
811
697
697
697
726
806
776
669
651
789
970
1188
2411
Wind (km/h)
20
E
20
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NNW
20
N
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:43PM0.33m
8:56AM0.59m
10:18PM0.37m
9:38AM0.53m
10:18PM0.43m
Low Tide
4:24PM0.10m
1:37AM0.31m
4:29PM0.17m
2:58AM0.28m
4:15PM0.23m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
Temp °C
20
18
16
14
12
12
16
20
20
20
18
15
13
14
18
20
20
19
18
Feels °C
15
13
11
9
7
6
10
16
15
16
14
10
8
10
14
17
18
18
16
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