Cat Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Victoria – Phillip Island, Australia)

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Surf Break: Cat Bay

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Surf Break: Cat Bay

Cat Bay Spot ID:

Type: beach and point

Reliability: consistent

Best: Swell WSW | Wind SSE

Sea Temperature Today is: 16.1 °C

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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 15:30 Local time

m, °C	Wednesday 22
ft, °F	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Period (s)	13	9	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross

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Cat Bay in Phillip Island is a sheltered beach and point break that usually has waves, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds blow from the south southeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves Likely to be crowded if working. Watch out for rocks, locals and sharks.

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For Stony Point, Australia, 18 miles from Cat Bay.

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At Rhyll, 16 km from Cat Bay.

light winds from the N

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Air temperature
13.1 °C

Current weather near Cat Bay

Overall Cat Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Visitor Reviews of Cat Bay

kenny from AUSTRALIA writes:

Not really sure what a lot of the reviews are talking about! Need a boat??? 30 min walk?? Maybe if you're a toddler.
Cat bay is a rad spot from what I've experienced. Works amazingly well with an offshore and although it is rare that the swell gets particularly big, you can still manage with a shorty or a hybrid. If its big enough you don't have to have a mal. I almost always ride my shorty and I've had some amazing rides there. Steep enough ramps to do some cut backs and everything. If you cant manage it and figure its just a mal spot, then you're not trying hard enough! Just beware of locals on the weekend. Veeeery territorial and there's no nice way of putting it, they're assholes. They'll have a go at you for no good reason and then drop in on every single wave. But when you do it, they want to kill you. Go during the week, its a less competitive crowd and everyone is way more mallow and friendly.

2013-03-14

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Cat Bay: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Left Point	0 mi
Second closest break	Centre Crack	1 mi
Third closest break	Flynns Reef	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Summerland Bay	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Kitty Miller Bay	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Cat Bay:
Closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	5331 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	5356 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5493 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5550 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	5864 mi
Tide stations nearest to Cat Bay:
Closest tide station	Stony Point	11 mi
Second closest tide station	Westernport	11 mi
Third closest tide station	Port Phillip Heads	32 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Melbourne	47 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Geelong	48 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Cat Bay:
Closest ski area	Mt Donna Buang (Australia)	62 mi
Second closest ski area	Mount Baw Baw (Australia)	77 mi
Third closest ski area	Mt St Gwinear (Australia)	80 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Lake Mountain (Australia)	81 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mount Buller (Australia)	118 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Cat Bay:
Closest city location	Frankston East (Australia)	26 mi
Second closest city location	Cranbourne (Australia)	29 mi
Third closest city location	Geelong (Australia)	45 mi
Fourth closest city location	Hoppers Crossing (Australia)	49 mi
Fifth closest city location	Geelong West (Australia)	50 mi

The closest passenger airport to Cat Bay is Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW) in Australia, 59 km (37 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Cat Bay is Avalon Airport (AVV), also in Australia, 78 km (48 miles) away.
Third is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) in Australia, 89 km (55 miles) away.
Melbourne International Airport (MEL) in Australia is 96 km (60 miles) away.
Albury Airport (ABX), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Cat Bay and is 316 km (196 miles) away.

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This is the Surf-Forecast page for Cat Bay, VIC - Phillip Island. Use the tab navigation above to view Cat Bay sea temperature, Cat Bay photographs, Cat Bay detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Cat Bay webcams, current wind from VIC - Phillip Island live weather stations and Cat Bay tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Cat Bay.

Cat Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Victoria – Phillip Island, Australia)

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Overall Cat Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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