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Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 02 Feb 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
18.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Portsea Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portsea Back Beach at 2AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (03 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
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
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111111111111111612121414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1012857768637563453403350268263258258220220254288106848847389978094310181215
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
20
E
15
E
10
N
20
N
15
NNE
5
ESE
30
SSE
15
S
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
15
SW
25
SSW
35
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
1.37
1:22PM
1.22
2:36AM
1.43
2:28PM
1.29
3:16AM
1.47
3:23PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
0.18
7:54AM
0.57
7:55PM
0.16
8:44AM
0.44
8:48PM
0.16
9:28AM
0.32
Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:37---
Sunset8:35-------8:34-------8:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141413131219262719211818192219181716161515161616
Feels °C (?)9109101014212414171716161814121514141314131211
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