Portsea-Sorrento Today
Forecast Gunnamatta Beach, 3.8 kn onshore, in the best 5-knot band and taking the squarest swell of those in it at 0.99 of straight-incomputed from the Open-Meteo forecast for 10:00 and the beach's measured aspect of 230°, issued 10:00 Sun 8 Nov.
Not available this page does not carry the measured wind. Bureau of Meteorology, South Channel Island publishes it, see the live reading at the Bureau.
Official Water quality is not good at Blairgowrie, Dromana, Rosebud Life Saving Club, Rye, Sorrentofrom EPA Beach Report, valid to Mon 9 Nov.
Photograph: Samuel Tait, for atmosphere, not a photograph of today's beach.
Conditions
- Water quality
Official Fairfrom EPA Beach Report, Sorrento, valid to Mon 9 Nov.
- Fire danger
Official Moderatefrom CFA Central fire district, valid to Mon 9 Nov.
- UV index
Forecast Very High: UV 8 at 14:00, sun protection advisedOpen-Meteo forecast UV index, categorised by the ARPANSA and WHO published bands (Low 0 to 2, Moderate 3 to 5, High 6 to 7, Very High 8 to 10, Extreme 11+), issued 14:00 Sun 8 Nov.
- Lifesavers
Official No patrols: no beach here is patrolled todayfrom Life Saving Victoria seasonal patrol convention, reviewed 2026-09-19. LSV does not publish patrol rosters as data, so this is a stated convention and not a live check. This beach is not patrolled at any time of year, valid to Mon 9 Nov.
- Wind models
Forecast Models agree: 2 models agree on the wind to within 2 knECMWF IFS and GFS wind forecasts via Open-Meteo, compared for this hour; thresholds are the page's 2 kn agreement tolerance and 5 kn ranking band, issued 10:01 Sun 8 Nov.
- Water temperature
Forecast 15.7°C water, full wetsuitOpen-Meteo marine sea-surface model at the offshore point. Modelled, not measured: there is no water-temperature instrument in this build's reach, so unlike the wind this figure has no local reading to check it against. Averaged over 10 daytime hours (09:00 to 18:00); the wetsuit guidance is this page's stated convention, reviewed 24 September 2026, not an official scale, issued 10:01 Sun 8 Nov.
The swell figure is the least checkable number on this page: it is modelled, there is no wave buoy within reach to compare it against, and the wave models available here differ from each other by about half a metre as a matter of course.
Data age
- EPA
- CFA
- Forecast
- Bureau
- Life Saving Victoria
- Next rebuild due 12:48 Sunday 8 November, and no earlier. This one ran 3.3 h after its scheduled time, so expect the next to be late too
The day
Sunrise to sunset
Forecast 06:05 to 20:03Open-Meteo sunrise and sunset for the forecast grid cell, issued 10:01 Sun 8 Nov.
Slack water, the Rip
Official slack water 14:08from BOM tidal stream, The Rip (VIC_TS001); then -4.7 kn ebb, out through the Heads, for Sun 8 Nov only.
Next tide, Point Lonsdale
Official high water 11:33, 1.36 mfrom BOM tide predictions, Point Lonsdale (VIC_TP009), valid to Sun 15 Nov.
One page, rebuilt twice a day. Every number says where it came from, when it was issued and how long it is good for. The beaches are ordered by how much of today's wind actually reaches each one, which depends on which way it faces, and which no forecast will tell you.
The detail
The wind
Measured 10:01from this build's own clock, Melbourne time, 10:01 Sun 8 Nov.
Forecast 12.2 knOpen-Meteo land forecast, issued 10:00 Sun 8 Nov.
Forecast 1.74 mOpen-Meteo marine, 8.85 s from 222°, issued 10:00 Sun 8 Nov.
Ocean beaches, ordered
Forecast Gunnamatta Beach: +3.8 kn onshore, faces 230°, swell 0.99 of straight-incomputed from Open-Meteo wind and the beach's measured aspect, issued 10:00 Sun 8 Nov.
Forecast Rye Ocean Beach: +3.4 kn onshore, faces 232°, swell 0.98 of straight-incomputed from Open-Meteo wind and the beach's measured aspect, issued 10:00 Sun 8 Nov.
Forecast Koonya Ocean Beach: +1.7 kn onshore, faces 240°, swell 0.95 of straight-incomputed from Open-Meteo wind and the beach's measured aspect, issued 10:00 Sun 8 Nov.
Not available 3 beaches are left out of the ordering because two measurements of which way they face disagree: London Bridge, Diamond Bay, St Andrews Beach. Last heard from OSM coastline normal and terrain DEM at 10:01 Sun 8 Nov.
Bay beaches for a family day
Forecast Sorrento Front Beach for a family afternoon. No lifesavers here outside the November-to-April season. Fine for a walk or a picnic; do not swim. EPA water quality advice for today is not good, so stay out of the water even at the edge.this page's survey of the 18 beaches: this beach is not patrolled at any time of year. Life Saving Victoria seasonal patrol convention, reviewed 2026-09-19. LSV does not publish patrol rosters as data, so this is a stated convention and not a live check, issued 10:01 Sun 8 Nov.
Ordered by onshore wind in 5-knot steps, then by how square-on the swell arrives. Least onshore first. It is not a score: both numbers are shown for every beach.