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 am Wednesday 19 Nov 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 22.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 1PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	4s

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

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	Wednesday 19						Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	6	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	68	46	60	71	47	50	50	49	70	48	68	67	67	80	174	177	228	389	369	423	499	482	467	459
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	NNE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:33AM 1.48				8:27PM 1.05				9:08AM 1.54				9:05PM 1.02				9:43AM 1.57				9:44PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)				2:59PM 0.37				2:20AM 0.18				3:41PM 0.36				2:52AM 0.21				4:23PM 0.36				3:26AM 0.24

	Wednesday 19						Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat 22
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	21	22	23	22	21	20	20	19	21	24	25	24	22	22	21	22	21	24	24	23	23	22	22	22
Feels °C (?)	20	20	20	19	17	17	19	18	20	23	22	21	20	21	22	24	23	25	24	24	25	23	24	24

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