Backsides Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Backsides surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 26 Apr 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Backsides surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Backsides sea temperature is 24.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 5AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Apr)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Afternoon (27 Apr)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Evening (27 Apr)	6ft (1.9m)	8s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 18°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 26		Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	270	280	371	388	501	513	489	520	526	485	383	343	412	349	273	349	349	334	334	373	382	386	386	386
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	5:04PM1.05m				5:04AM1.32m				5:50PM1.18m				5:51AM1.29m				6:31PM1.29m				6:32AM1.25m
Low Tide			10:42PM0.36m				11:35AM0.17m				11:42PM0.31m				12:11PM0.15m				00:34AM0.28m				12:43PM0.14m


	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14
mm	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	1	—	—	—	—	1	3	3	2	3	3	—	—	1	1	1
Temp °C	20	19	18	18	18	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	20	20	21	20	19	20	20	20	22	22	21
Feels °C	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	18	19	20	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	N 11	—	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	NE 16	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 10	S 10	S 10
kJ	270	280	371	388	501	513	489	2	—	—	383	343	412	349	273	10	349	334	334	373	382	2	2	2
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	N 12	N 12	—	N 18	N 18	N 13	—	N 17	N 17	N 16	NE 16	—	—	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	N 14	NE 15	E 16
kJ	11	6	11	5	3	3	—	6	6	3	—	6	5	5	10	—	—	2	2	2	2	4	9	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	S 19	S 16	—	N 18	—	—	—	N 11	N 13	—	—	S 12	S 12	N 12	S 11	NE 16	N 16	N 16	N 15	N 15	N 11	N 11
kJ	3	3	7	5	—	6	—	—	—	2	3	—	—	3	3	3	3	10	5	5	5	5	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	—	—	—	—	—	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	—	—	—	—	SSE 7	E 8	—	—	—	—	—	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	156	134	—	—	—	—	—	520	526	485	—	—	—	—	96	349	—	—	—	—	—	386	386	386
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Broken Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Wategos NSW - North Coast	Wategos NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	23	23	4	4	4	23	23	23	23	15	4	4	23	23	4	4	4	23	23	4	4	23	23	23
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	6	7	7	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	7	7	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	7

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