Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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
18.0° 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 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131313121212121213131312121212151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)949911799754643506499414402383344339344355367307302241175169167309233226
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
1.57
8:45AM
1.45
10:20PM
1.52
10:31AM
1.43
11:33PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
0.45
3:01AM
0.90
3:27PM
0.60
4:33AM
0.85
4:59PM
0.67
5:51AM
0.73
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:33-------7:35-------7:35-
Sunset-7:21-------7:20-------7:17------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615151414141823252422212020222728262421212121
Feels °C (?)141414151314131621222221191818192424232117171818
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