Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 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 1.8°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 1PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
1.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121514141488999881377121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22813811983706288711332006268925321739117395010347736791579646689570645718786773929
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
55
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
40
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
1.44
6:22PM
1.48
5:47AM
1.39
7:13PM
1.40
6:39AM
1.32
8:10PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.06
12:10AM
0.61
12:28PM
0.13
12:59AM
0.65
1:22PM
0.23
1:58AM
0.69
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise7:28-------7:28-------7:30-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:21----
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-12121111------111------
Temp. °C151515131413131313141414141515161616161616161515
Feels °C (?)1198442122445689111110101112121212
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