Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 Mar 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131414141414141515151514141414141313131315121513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)525418395401395390469760784869773701606514443357347199199167120124110199
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
N
0
NW
0
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
SSW
0
W
5
E
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglasscross-
on
onononononglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
1.72
2:31PM
1.91
2:32AM
1.79
3:14PM
2.04
3:06AM
1.85
3:56PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.51
8:09AM
0.35
8:39PM
0.47
8:46AM
0.17
9:19PM
0.46
9:23AM
0.02
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:24-------7:26-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:31-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616161618181817171616151823241919181818202120
Feels °C (?)161516161717161616171617161923221819181818201918
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