Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.2° C
2.4° 

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 (14 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 6PM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (14 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (14 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
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)
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
17
1.3
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
2.2
W
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1292
1292
1292
1257
1114
1099
1083
892
765
765
935
838
1136
1107
892
929
1037
1275
1187
1154
1059
1718
854
841
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
20
N
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
10
SSE
15
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:00AM0.80m
9:46AM0.77m
10:26AM0.70m
Low Tide
6:27PM-0.05m
7:05PM0.01m
7:30PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:15
7:15
7:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:30
5:30
5:30
 mm
1
10
13
7
3
4
2
Temp °C
15
19
20
18
17
16
15
15
18
22
23
20
19
18
17
16
18
18
17
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
11
15
16
13
11
10
8
9
11
16
19
17
15
13
12
12
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
16
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