Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Portsea Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Portsea Back Beach sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portsea Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portsea Back Beach at 1AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121314141414141313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8541264913929105813251480121812551058933834757669649576549540540504449456358353
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.31
7:44AM
1.24
9:15PM
1.24
9:05AM
1.17
10:27PM
1.21
10:38AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.69
2:25PM
0.34
3:11AM
0.69
3:41PM
0.43
4:36AM
0.64
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:17-------7:16
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615151515151515151414141621242422212019202527
Feels °C (?)111312121314131313141313121420222119181615162122
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