Backsides Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Backsides surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 AEST

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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 20.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 7PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (26 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	11s
Evening (26 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	11s

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

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	Tuesday 26				Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	2	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1478	1586	1440	1334	1290	1185	1065	892	1004	938	898	788	683	683	695	747	744	695	604	555	456	365	326	428
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	N	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 1.30				10:12PM 1.38				10:42AM 1.30				10:41PM 1.26				11:20AM 1.28				11:11PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)			4:07PM 0.31				4:32AM 0.24				4:46PM 0.40				5:00AM 0.28				5:27PM 0.49				5:29AM 0.34

	Tuesday 26				Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	18	17	17	16	16	19	23	23	20	19	18	18	17	18	21	22	18	16	14	13	14	17
Feels °C (?)	19	19	16	14	15	13	12	15	20	20	17	18	15	13	12	12	14	17	12	11	10	9	10	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Backsides (calm at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Backsides). 2.5m 10s swell from the ESE which is too big for here.
1 hour 14 minutes ago Backsides

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1 h 14 min ago

2 km/h

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