Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
15.4° C
(Which is 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: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)15141413131312121313121212121212121212713121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)479536390352290326301558700629378392341252207203175214146152140712762160502
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
15
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
1.92
11:13AM
1.57
1:01AM
2.04
12:17PM
1.63
1:55AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:03AM
0.89
5:54PM
0.03
7:05AM
0.83
6:54PM
-0.07
7:58AM
0.74
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
Sunset--8:32-------8:32-------8:34-----
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C33241814131214172017141312131318181813121091114
Feels °C (?)262213111111131618131212101111151413876469
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