Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Bells Beach - Bowl surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bells Beach - Bowl sea temperature is
18.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bells Beach - Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for Bells Beach - Bowl at 9PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.5
SW
1
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212777777116111177101012121212111120
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19014914723323316813113111459804129183151161623373734323161
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
SE
10
E
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
1.70
7:23AM
1.65
9:27PM
1.60
8:31AM
1.53
10:54PM
1.58
10:08AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.94
2:22PM
0.28
3:04AM
1.02
3:38PM
0.40
4:45AM
1.01
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset--8:07-------8:05-------8:04-----
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1151----1--2221313------
Temp. °C222119191818182022222019191819202019202020202020
Feels °C (?)222019201819192022212020211818181818192021212221
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