Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 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
15.4° C
(Which is 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 3AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Wed
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121616151414131313121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161190193193214362479466390352400326297435627567324392341256210175172217
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
15
SW
25
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
W
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassonononcross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
1.77
10:06AM
1.54
12:02AM
1.92
11:13AM
1.57
1:01AM
2.04
12:17PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.93
4:52PM
0.15
6:03AM
0.89
5:54PM
0.03
7:05AM
0.83
Wed
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
Sunset8:31-------8:32-------8:32-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242120192529332518141313141719171413121213161717
Feels °C (?)231816151922262214121112131517131213101010121411
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