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 10 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 AEDT

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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 20.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 3AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (20 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

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	Sun 19		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	96	80	70	72	68	68	69	51	52	51	51	92	94	118	123	154	206	213	208	302	295	184	166	123
Wind (km/h)	E	E	NW	W	NW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:54PM 1.29					8:26AM 1.37				8:27PM 1.26				8:59AM 1.44				9:00PM 1.22				9:33AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				2:07AM 0.16				2:34PM 0.28				2:34AM 0.15				3:13PM 0.29				3:02AM 0.16				3:52PM 0.32

	Sun 19		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	18	18	22	24	23	21	20	19	18	20	25	25	24	21	20	20	19	20	26	27	25
Feels °C (?)	20	22	21	19	19	22	21	20	18	17	17	16	19	23	22	21	19	18	20	18	19	23	23	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Backsides (calm at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Backsides). 1.0m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.7m 8s swell from the ENE and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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