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Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 12 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
18.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.9
SE
Period(s) (?)888899991010101616151414141414141313137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)866664485253545896100115226551496553545545553538603479362357351
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
1.78
7:15PM
1.60
6:43AM
1.68
8:05PM
1.55
7:14AM
1.58
9:02PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
0.34
12:52AM
0.81
1:26PM
0.38
1:35AM
0.93
2:06PM
0.43
2:28AM
1.04
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------
Sunset----8:49-------8:47-------8:47---
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141517161514131315161716151414131517181817171716
Feels °C (?)111214111111111113131312121111101315161514141412
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