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Backsides ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of Surf: 3.0
Difficulty Level: 3.0

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Overall: 3.6

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Backsides Surf Forecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 22 May 2022 AEST
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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 23.7 °C (Statistics for 22 May 1981-2005 - mean: 23.0 max: 24.2 min: 22.1 °C)
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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 23.7 °C (Statistics for 22 May 1981-2005 - mean: 23.0 max: 24.2 min: 22.1 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Backsides (light winds from the ESE at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Backsides).

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Actual: 52 min ago

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15 km/h
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Cross-On
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How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 1AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 May)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (23 May)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (23 May)7ft (2.1m)8s

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

Hourly12 daysNorth Coast – New South Wales Surf
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23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
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Thursday
26
Friday
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Saturday
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1.7
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1.8
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1.6
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1.8
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1.9
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1.39
3:20PM
0.92
3:15AM
1.30
4:25PM
1.02
4:17AM
1.24
5:17PM
1.14
5:10AM
1.19
6:01PM
1.26
5:56AM
1.15
6:41PM
1.37
6:37AM
1.11
7:18PM
1.47
7:15AM
1.08
7:55PM
1.54
7:23PM
0.37
9:11AM
0.19
8:41PM
0.39
10:05AM
0.16
9:59PM
0.38
10:51AM
0.14
11:07PM
0.35
11:30AM
0.13
12:05AM
0.33
12:06PM
0.13
12:56AM
0.32
12:39PM
0.13
1:41AM
0.32
1:11PM
0.15
2:24AM
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Note: the tide data above is for Ballina, Australia which is 4 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Backsides.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Backsides blow from the W

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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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