Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141515151514141414141313131315151513131212161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)469760784869773701606514443357347199199167142116110190196184181496666732
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
0
E
0
NW
5
N
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossononcross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
1.79
3:14PM
2.04
3:06AM
1.85
3:56PM
2.12
3:42AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
0.47
8:46AM
0.17
9:19PM
0.46
9:23AM
0.02
9:59PM
0.48
10:03AM
-0.06
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-
Sunset-7:34-------7:31-------7:30------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171616161923241918181817192119181817171717
Feels °C (?)171616171617172023231918191917192017171818181715
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