Portsea Back Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.33° S 144.69° E

Portsea Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portsea Back Beach sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.9° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portsea Back Beach at 4PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon).

Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
12
1
SW
12
1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
0.8
SW
20
0.9
SW
19
1.2
SW
18
1.8
SW
18
2
SW
17
2.1
SW
17
2.1
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.8
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
335
292
287
330
295
299
398
478
453
565
511
455
608
942
2042
2312
2531
2326
2545
2383
1742
1531
Wind (km/h)
15
S
5
SE
5
E
20
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
10:12AM1.12m
10:15PM1.08m
11:08AM1.16m
11:26PM1.18m
11:53AM1.21m
Low Tide
4:22PM0.65m
4:40AM0.49m
5:21PM0.55m
5:45AM0.47m
6:07PM0.43m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
16
17
19
14
13
12
12
11
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
10
10
9
Feels °C
15
16
17
16
11
12
10
9
7
7
5
4
3
3
3
3
4
5
5
3
3
3
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