Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 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
18.5° 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 7AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (03 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111211111113131313131414131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28380540348826313671568186219822042207319621804165714521380940838825688619537416361
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
W
15
W
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
1.32
2:09PM
1.43
2:04AM
1.37
2:53PM
1.50
2:40AM
1.41
3:32PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
0.49
7:44AM
0.32
8:15PM
0.48
8:25AM
0.24
8:56PM
0.49
9:02AM
0.19
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:35-------7:37-------7:37---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:10-------7:08
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171816151514141414141313121314141514141313141821
Feels °C (?)131513119889987778109108999111518
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