Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 29 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
18.0° 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 5AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
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
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131312121212121312121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11501058933834757669649576549479540442449364358353297216212260169220216172
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
25
N
10
NW
5
N
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
1.24
9:05AM
1.17
10:27PM
1.21
10:38AM
1.17
11:38PM
1.22
12:07PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.69
3:41PM
0.43
4:36AM
0.64
5:07PM
0.49
5:56AM
0.54
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----7:31-------7:33-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:17-------7:16-------7:15
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clear
clear
part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514141516212425222120192025272724222120212019
Feels °C (?)131412131313192121191716151520212219161414181815
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