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Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 09 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 1.2°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 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
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
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
3
WSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.2
SW
0.7
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414131367131212111112121214788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2852812532422382041612142772822138800772138121118622624020714216916116959
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
N
30
NW
30
SW
25
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
1.75
5:10AM
1.97
5:41PM
1.71
5:43AM
1.88
6:28PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.36
10:53PM
0.37
11:34AM
0.32
11:33PM
0.52
12:12PM
0.32
12:13AM
0.67
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise6:09-------6:09-------6:11-------
Sunset----8:49-------8:49-------8:49---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C203240302519201715192219171414141415151414131314
Feels °C (?)182834252118181281315121199999991091011
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