Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is
18.6°C
1.3° 

Malua Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Malua Bay today (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 5PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (28 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (28 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NE by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
7
0.5
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
7
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
7
1.3
S
10
0.4
SE
15
1.6
S
10
1.7
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
9
0.9
SSE
7
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.6
S
10
1.5
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
29
15
15
15
21
48
33
360
56
504
533
115
94
73
158
157
128
125
68
156
194
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
N
10
NW
5
W
10
WSW
5
W
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
NW
5
N
5
NW
10
N
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
10:10AM1.68m
10:55PM1.28m
10:58AM1.69m
11:52PM1.23m
11:51AM1.67m
Low Tide
4:49PM0.15m
4:32AM0.40m
5:45PM0.17m
5:23AM0.47m
6:45PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
11
15
16
16
15
14
13
12
13
17
17
17
15
15
14
13
14
18
18
19
18
17
Feels °C
9
12
12
13
13
12
11
10
12
14
14
15
14
15
13
12
13
15
13
14
14
16
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