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Backsides surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 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
26.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 7PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
1
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)121212121112121212121211111111788101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117012261170967828843892907923797784112611511351132671675689711751019486386284230
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
5
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
0.80
4:55AM
1.28
5:42PM
0.84
5:56AM
1.34
6:39PM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
0.65
9:18PM
0.58
12:19PM
0.57
10:38PM
0.57
1:00PM
0.48
11:49PM
0.52
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:06-------7:05-------7:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1723212211-------
Temp. °C212629292525252424252424242322222223232222222222
Feels °C (?)222729282528292626262422222018181718191819202020
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