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Backsides Surf Forecast
/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Backsides surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 02 Jul 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Backsides today?
The current surf forecast for Backsides at 4PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (02 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (02 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Backsides. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 02 | Thursday 03 | Friday 04 | Saturday 05 | Sunday 06 | Monday 07 | Tuesday 08 | Wednesday 09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 634 | 548 | 462 | 495 | 1074 | 812 | 787 | 884 | 1043 | 1843 | 1663 | 1348 | 1046 | 1001 | 869 | 803 | 904 | 927 | 907 | 788 | 778 | 685 | 564 | 497 | 456 | 406 | 400 | 352 | 304 | 277 | 222 | 182 | 170 | 141 | 141 | 128 | 125 | 125 | 112 | 113 | 99 | 137 | 129 | 130 | 137 | 131 | 150 | 153 | 142 | 132 | 139 | 103 | 126 | 171 | 182 | 188 | 160 | 143 | 170 | 75 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | glass | glass | off | off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | glass | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:50PM 0.97 | 1:23AM 1.09 | 2:52PM 1.02 | 2:08AM 1.01 | 3:54PM 1.10 | 3:01AM 0.94 | 4:50PM 1.20 | 4:05AM 0.91 | 5:38PM 1.32 | 5:10AM 0.91 | 6:20PM 1.43 | 6:10AM 0.92 | 7:00PM 1.53 | 7:01AM 0.94 | 7:38PM 1.61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:23PM 0.52 | 8:08AM 0.27 | 8:28PM 0.59 | 8:48AM 0.30 | 9:46PM 0.63 | 9:31AM 0.31 | 11:07PM 0.62 | 10:17AM 0.33 | 12:12AM 0.59 | 11:04AM 0.34 | 1:04AM 0.53 | 11:50AM 0.33 | 1:48AM 0.46 | 12:35PM 0.32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 02 | Thursday 03 | Friday 04 | Saturday 05 | Sunday 06 | Monday 07 | Tuesday 08 | Wednesday 09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 4:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:01 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 |
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