Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 09 Jan 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
2
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
WSW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212101111121414141312121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8778137011326613535527702836883116824692219266733411948161913351013544396341513453
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NNE
45
NNW
40
SSW
35
SSW
10
W
20
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
35
SW
55
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
1.33
5:28AM
1.49
5:56PM
1.31
6:00AM
1.45
6:42PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.29
11:09PM
0.28
11:48AM
0.26
11:49PM
0.39
12:26PM
0.25
12:26AM
0.51
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise6:07-------6:07-------6:09-------
Sunset----8:47-------8:46-------8:46---
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192537232119191816192016161615151414141414141413
Feels °C (?)1722281716181612812135898877789998
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