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Backsides surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Backsides today?

The current surf forecast for Backsides at 4PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
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
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)101010101010121212121111111111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70157118676780174177228271311423369482467459396396332332267262252206
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
20
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
1.54
9:05PM
1.02
9:43AM
1.57
9:44PM
0.98
10:19AM
1.58
10:24PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
0.36
2:52AM
0.21
4:23PM
0.36
3:26AM
0.24
5:06PM
0.36
4:00AM
0.28
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise5:41-------5:41-------5:41-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:21-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11---------
Temp. °C212425242222222223252524232222222223242322222222
Feels °C (?)202222222021222426272524242424242424242322232323
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