Backsides 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Issued: 10 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Backsides sea temperature is

21.6°C

Backsides surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Backsides today (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 6AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue afternoon).
	Mon 9		Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu 12
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	1340	1365	1390	1365	1220	1046	955	839	757	608	572	496	436	353	274	205	166	124	119	86
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SSE	NW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	N	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide		9:07PM1.08m				9:41AM1.59m				9:43PM1.03m				10:17AM1.59m				10:20PM0.97m
Low Tide				2:57AM0.17m				4:16PM0.32m				3:29AM0.20m				4:59PM0.35m				4:02AM0.25m


	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	17	18	21	23	22	21	21	19	19	20	26	27	24	22	22	21	20
Feels °C	17	17	18	17	17	19	20	18	17	19	18	19	21	26	25	22	20	21	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	1340	1365	1390	1365	1220	1046	955	839	757	608	572	496	436	353	274	205	166	124	119	86
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	N 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	27	27	26	26	26	26	36	20	20	20	20	19	80	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	—	—	N 16	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	E 10	NNE 10	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 15	NNE 10	NE 10
kJ	35	35	35	35	30	30	—	—	5	18	18	18	17	10	4	4	4	4	10	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 11	NNE 4	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	94	30	61	100	100	89	127	66	148	217	217	142	117	130
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Flat Rock NSW - North Coast	Flat Rock NSW - North Coast	Flat Rock NSW - North Coast	Flat Rock NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Gallows NSW - North Coast	Pippi Beach NSW - North Coast	Ballina North Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Cabarita NSW - North Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1
Distance (km)	23	0	0	0	0	4	251	756	170	71	4	0	0	4	193	147	57	56	4	0
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast - New South Wales	Angourie Point	Mullaway	Mullaway	Mullaway	Pippi Beach	Ballina South Wall			Gallows	Gallows	Mullaway	Mullaway	Ballina North Wall	Macauleys		Moonee Beach and Creek	Mullaway	Emerald Beach	Mullaway	Angourie Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4			3	3	3	3	3	2		2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Depot Beach NSW - South Coast	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Quarantine VIC - Mornington Peninsula	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Quarantine VIC - Mornington Peninsula	Boneyard NSW - Illawarra	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Greenough River Mouth WA - North West	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4
Header Global	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ghost Tree United States	Ghost Tree United States	Boners United States	Fullers United States	Faja da Areia Portugal	Barra Beach Mozambique	Ghost Town Spain	Faja da Areia Portugal	Lebu Chile	Boners United States	Boilers Morocco	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Anael France	Anael France	Anael France	Afife Portugal
Rating (10 max)	9	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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