Leighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.01° S 115.74° E

Leighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 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 6AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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 76mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
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)
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.8
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
1.5
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1766
1599
1374
1356
1292
1292
1257
1114
1099
1083
892
765
765
935
838
1136
1107
904
1079
1453
1432
2070
1154
920
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
20
NW
30
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
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
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:15
7:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:30
5:30
 mm
1
3
9
12
11
Temp °C
12
11
10
14
18
19
18
17
16
16
15
19
22
23
20
19
18
17
16
18
19
18
17
18
Feels °C
9
7
6
9
13
15
13
11
9
9
8
12
17
19
17
15
14
13
12
15
14
13
15
14
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