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Bells Beach - Bowl surf break

Bells Beach - Bowl surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
18.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bells Beach - Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for Bells Beach - Bowl at 5PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
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)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111111110101010101210141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24020920516916716410610399979796949267715051539053103208219
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
1.82
5:10AM
1.87
5:56PM
1.77
5:37AM
1.79
6:34PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.22
11:11PM
0.53
11:34AM
0.23
11:45PM
0.64
12:06PM
0.27
12:17AM
0.76
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset----8:30-------8:29-------8:28---
rain showers
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
4631--------------------
Temp. °C172219201817171718182019171616161618191918171717
Feels °C (?)182319191716171818171917151516161617181717181816
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