Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)121212131212121216151515141414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144144297364456403442353945975949911799754643506499414402383371339344355
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.69
7:52PM
1.69
7:24AM
1.56
9:00PM
1.57
8:45AM
1.45
10:20PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
0.27
1:44AM
0.86
2:07PM
0.45
3:01AM
0.90
3:27PM
0.60
4:33AM
0.85
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise7:31-------7:33-------7:33-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:20----
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C151616171615151515151716151515141417212222201919
Feels °C (?)111313141212131314141514141415131316192021201817
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