Portsea Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.33° S 144.69° E

Portsea Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portsea Back Beach sea temperature is
14.1°C
1.0° 

Portsea Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Portsea Back Beach today (07 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portsea Back Beach at 11PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)--
Afternoon (07 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (07 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3482
3185
3023
2925
2601
2208
1857
1589
1326
1123
1154
1185
1215
1215
1200
1185
1185
1170
1082
1055
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross
High Tide
8:36PM1.18m
9:51AM1.19m
10:09PM1.18m
11:02AM1.20m
Low Tide
2:36PM0.65m
3:09AM0.43m
3:59PM0.61m
4:36AM0.49m
5:20PM0.51m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
10
10
11
10
9
8
8
13
19
21
21
17
14
14
14
17
21
21
20
18
Feels °C
6
5
6
4
4
3
4
8
14
16
17
13
9
9
8
10
14
16
15
13
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