Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Leighton Beach sea temperature is
17.2°C
1.5° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Leighton Beach at 12AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (02 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the W by Thu night).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
1
3
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
845
800
1240
1223
1336
1376
1428
1366
1452
1487
1487
1510
1579
1674
1822
2010
2259
2638
2948
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
10
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:48PM0.58m
9:33AM0.25m
00:22AM0.61m
Low Tide
4:28PM0.23m
8:05AM0.25m
2:55PM0.21m
1:48PM0.14m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:00
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
14
14
15
15
15
15
16
15
15
14
14
14
15
16
17
17
17
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
10
11
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