Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 01 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 1.3°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: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)19s
Evening (02 Mar)5ft (1.5m)18s

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


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Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111120191818171616161615151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515047446019044686312411597154214861467119311879539289157318287927801006780
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NE
30
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.20
10:30AM
1.14
12:22AM
1.23
12:06PM
1.17
1:20AM
1.29
1:24PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.73
5:23PM
0.32
6:27AM
0.63
6:43PM
0.31
7:31AM
0.49
Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset8:01-------8:00------7:59-------7:58
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3211111-1---------------
Temp. °C202021202020201717171615151516161616161617171717
Feels °C (?)191918171819201414141311111111121213131416151313
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