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Golden Bay surfForecast / Mediterranean / Malta

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CET
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Golden Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Golden Bay sea temperature is
16.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Golden Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Golden Bay at 3AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)4s
Afternoon (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)4s
Evening (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)5s

Table - waves today at Golden Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
1.7
ESE
2.4
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
4
ESE
4.5
ESE
5
ESE
5.5
ESE
6
ESE
Period(s) (?)6655444455566678889910101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)005333114331110000000000
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
15
S
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
45
SE
50
SE
55
ESE
55
ESE
55
ESE
60
ESE
70
ESE
65
ESE
60
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.19
2:37PM
0.16
3:05AM
0.20
3:06PM
0.17
3:31AM
0.20
3:34PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
0.02
8:50AM
0.03
8:41PM
0.01
9:15AM
0.02
9:10PM
-0.00
9:41AM
0.02
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----7:11-------7:11-------7:11---
Sunset------5:13-------5:14-------5:15-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
331-----------------1113
Temp. °C171616161616161615151515151616151515141515151515
Feels °C (?)11131514141415141211121211119765454234
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