Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.0° C
1.8° 

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 (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 3AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (19 Aug)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (19 Aug)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
2
3
2
!
!
!
!
!
!
5
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
W
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5641
4944
4466
3863
3311
2700
2460
2786
3424
4004
4318
4161
4320
3944
3594
2986
2696
2696
2491
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
E
0
E
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:02AM0.55m
1:50AM0.56m
Low Tide
4:28PM0.19m
3:33PM0.16m
3:15PM0.13m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
5:52
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
16
17
16
17
17
17
17
15
14
14
14
16
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
12
13
11
12
12
14
15
14
15
15
13
12
12
12
16
13
13
13
12
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Leighton Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest