Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 19 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
1
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212131313141515141414141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18341626147413571269129014231446172320062562241622471956181215281262933839767814865882706
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
15
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
10
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
SE
15
SE
25
S
30
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
1.26
1:55PM
1.17
2:42AM
1.31
2:48PM
1.27
3:14AM
1.35
3:35PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
0.50
8:16PM
0.27
8:51AM
0.39
9:01PM
0.27
9:27AM
0.28
9:42PM
0.30
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset------8:15-------8:14-------8:13-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515181818181717161617212421181717171819191818
Feels °C (?)131213171614151617161516212218141516171718161518
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