Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 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
19.0° C
(Which is 1.8°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 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1
SW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121615141477888881377712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220212212172139112110871962662971491362675117312491039765548325279232221146
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
15
SW
20
S
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:21PM
2.07
4:57AM
1.86
6:06PM
1.96
5:39AM
1.80
6:55PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
-0.07
11:17PM
0.59
11:27AM
-0.01
11:59PM
0.68
12:13PM
0.11
12:46AM
0.78
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise7:28-------7:30-------7:31-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:25-------7:23----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------1---12--------1
Temp. °C182222181817151414141413121313131314141313131415
Feels °C (?)17212116161512111197544445677891111
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