Portsea Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.33° S 144.69° E

Portsea Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portsea Back Beach sea temperature is
15.9°C
2.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Portsea Back Beach today (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portsea Back Beach at 8AM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)8ft (2.4m)15s
Afternoon (29 Oct)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (29 Oct)7ft (2.2m)15s

Table - waves today at Portsea Back Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the N by Sat morning).

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
4
0
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
11
2.4
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.4
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
2
SW
13
1.6
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1256
2141
2423
2629
2629
2425
2276
2061
1914
1672
1672
1500
1271
1253
1130
1004
859
694
609
537
473
659
1259
256
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
25
WNW
25
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
2:40AM1.57m
2:06PM1.34m
3:24AM1.61m
2:49PM1.38m
4:07AM1.61m
3:32PM1.39m
Low Tide
8:43AM0.57m
8:37PM0.05m
9:25AM0.56m
9:21PM0.01m
10:06AM0.56m
10:05PM0.02m
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Temp °C
13
12
12
13
14
13
13
12
12
12
11
13
17
19
21
19
18
18
18
19
21
19
16
14
Feels °C
9
8
9
11
13
9
10
11
11
12
9
11
15
17
19
17
15
14
12
13
17
16
11
10
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