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Backsides surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
25.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 4PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)99151414141466666666777777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40393333323636404848505266687099105143143143136167237263
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononglassononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
1.55
12:37AM
1.05
12:44PM
1.40
1:26AM
1.04
1:22PM
1.25
2:18AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.22
6:46PM
0.17
6:21AM
0.29
7:24PM
0.20
7:10AM
0.39
8:01PM
0.24
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------
Sunset---7:47-------7:47-------7:47----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232525242423232323242424232322232325252524242324
Feels °C (?)242525242423242424242323222322232324242424242323
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