Portsea Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.33° S 144.69° E

Portsea Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Portsea Back Beach sea temperature is
14.3°C
1.5° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portsea Back Beach at 3AM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Sep)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (23 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.7
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4175
3455
2868
2326
1863
1602
1220
1169
1135
999
984
905
755
755
680
543
543
418
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
E
5
N
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:21PM1.10m
8:05AM1.14m
7:29PM1.04m
9:08AM1.12m
8:53PM1.03m
Low Tide
1:06AM0.42m
1:54PM0.75m
2:09AM0.47m
3:09PM0.72m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
 mm
Temp °C
11
10
9
8
7
8
11
12
14
13
13
12
12
14
21
24
22
21
Feels °C
6
5
6
5
4
6
9
8
11
11
12
10
9
10
20
23
20
21
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