Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 31 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
17.8° 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 10AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s 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 (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212131212121212121212121212121211111113131111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)435442449364358353297216212260169220216157193161190142242246331277286227
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
20
NNW
15
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
S
5
W
0
SW
25
S
25
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
1.17
11:38PM
1.22
12:07PM
1.23
12:36AM
1.26
1:16PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
0.64
5:07PM
0.49
5:56AM
0.54
6:26PM
0.50
6:57AM
0.43
7:27PM
0.49
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--7:33-------7:33-------7:35-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:15-------7:14--
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211919202427262321202021231817171616161619171717
Feels °C (?)171515161921211916141416191614151516171620131315
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