Portsea Back Beach surf break

Portsea Back Beach surfForecast / VIC – Mornington Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 04 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 04). 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 (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121212121414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13391137940838825677609537416361309303228232240330453506392380369330324319
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
25
N
25
N
30
NNE
30
N
20
NNW
15
NW
20
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
1.50
2:40AM
1.41
3:32PM
1.55
3:13AM
1.42
4:08PM
1.56
3:44AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.49
9:02AM
0.19
9:32PM
0.50
9:36AM
0.16
10:06PM
0.53
10:08AM
0.16
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:37-------7:39-------7:39-
Sunset-7:10-------7:08-------7:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C141415141313131418212117161618181719202019191718
Feels °C (?)881097891015181611111315161215151516161516
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