Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 28 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)--
Afternoon (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)11116777776121212121120201918181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1741191702201681431257951525150474466190446863124117221542148614671494
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
15
E
15
E
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
15
N
5
NW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
1.21
8:58AM
1.18
11:06PM
1.20
10:30AM
1.14
12:22AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.21
3:20AM
0.76
3:57PM
0.28
4:56AM
0.73
5:23PM
0.32
6:27AM
0.63
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset--8:02-------8:01-------8:00-----
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
--31---11342424411------
Temp. °C242421201919202020192019191919191817171616151515
Feels °C (?)232119171618191716151717171719211714141413121212
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