Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 02 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 0.8m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)19s
Evening (02 Mar)5ft (1.5m)18s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)121111201918181716161616151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47446019044686312411597154214861467119311879539289158908287927807807808591021
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.20
10:30AM
1.14
12:22AM
1.23
12:06PM
1.17
1:20AM
1.29
1:24PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.73
5:23PM
0.32
6:27AM
0.63
6:43PM
0.31
7:31AM
0.49
7:45PM
0.30
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset------8:00------7:59-------7:58--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
251-22------------------
Temp. °C212020211817171616151515151616161716161717171717
Feels °C (?)191718201613141312111111101212141513141514141516
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