Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131414131313131313131212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1568186220122042207319621804165713391346940838825677609537416403309303303309319341
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
1.43
2:04AM
1.37
2:53PM
1.50
2:40AM
1.41
3:32PM
1.55
3:13AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
0.48
8:25AM
0.24
8:56PM
0.49
9:02AM
0.19
9:32PM
0.50
9:36AM
0.16
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:39-
Sunset-7:12-------7:10-------7:08------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141313131313141514141313141820211716161719
Feels °C (?)98987888991191089111617171212141416
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