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Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 25 Jan 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
17.6° 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 4PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (25 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (25 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
0.6
SW
1
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1617171616161615151514147777137191818161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31435835431042742141139531325825124825524420414411485126112152171165159
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
25
SW
35
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
1.77
5:09AM
1.90
5:52PM
1.81
5:39AM
1.87
6:40PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
0.33
11:03PM
0.47
11:33AM
0.23
11:43PM
0.58
12:10PM
0.16
12:26AM
0.70
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:28-------
Sunset----8:43-------8:42-------8:40---
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161920181615141415182122191817161726322924191918
Feels °C (?)131717141414121313171920181816161625312822141817
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