Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 10PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (24 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
1.5
WSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1413131313131212121212121212121514141488999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122010149058148027105465285204163613093032982636311521214083314151978203220121672
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
10
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
10
SW
25
SW
30
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
55
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.58
4:23AM
1.45
5:35PM
1.55
5:03AM
1.44
6:22PM
1.48
5:47AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45PM
0.51
10:55AM
0.03
11:26PM
0.56
11:39AM
0.06
12:10AM
0.61
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:26-------7:28-------7:28-
Sunset-7:27-------7:25-------7:23------
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12--------------233222--
Temp. °C181818192020191922181717171715161413131313141414
Feels °C (?)1518151819191819211513141515101064432334
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