Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 2PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111121111111111111113131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1692202161751691641902093254003412422152192154756061285156817831890210321661962
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
20
NNW
15
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
0
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
20
SSW
30
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
1.23
12:36AM
1.26
1:16PM
1.33
1:24AM
1.32
2:09PM
1.43
2:04AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
0.54
6:26PM
0.50
6:57AM
0.43
7:27PM
0.49
7:44AM
0.32
8:15PM
0.48
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:33-------7:35-------7:35-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:14-------7:12----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C202122171717171616171918171716151414141414141414
Feels °C (?)1316191414161716171718151314141188889888
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