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Backsides Surf Forecast
/ NSW – North Coast (48 breaks) / New South Wales (292 breaks) / Australia (814 breaks)
Backsides Surf Forecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

Actual: 52 min ago

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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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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)
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
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Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
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Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
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2:08AM 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 0.32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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