Bears Beach surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Bears Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bears Beach sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Bears Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bears Beach at 4PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111112111111111111117899999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)862778862978944949843901759604524481903683528499510446406406359360311251
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
NE
5
NNW
10
SW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SW
35
S
35
SSE
30
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43AM
1.54
11:27PM
1.14
11:23AM
1.51
12:06AM
1.18
12:05PM
1.44
12:47AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
0.14
5:01AM
0.35
5:59PM
0.17
5:47AM
0.36
6:37PM
0.22
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:16-------8:16-------8:15---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172020201817161716191920171413121417181818181715
Feels °C (?)181918191717161513131213111110101215151516161513
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