Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is
18.5°C
1.8° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 10PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (04 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
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)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ENE
8
1.2
NE
8
1.7
S
7
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.1
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1.9
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
224
196
311
158
162
188
188
217
235
256
240
235
296
269
264
226
253
172
154
362
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SE
15
E
15
SE
25
SSE
30
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:21PM1.51m
4:42AM1.13m
4:36PM1.52m
5:48AM1.22m
5:44PM1.54m
Low Tide
10:25PM0.33m
10:08AM0.59m
11:30PM0.30m
11:22AM0.53m
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clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
16
15
15
15
14
17
18
21
19
16
15
14
15
22
20
20
16
13
Feels °C
13
13
15
14
14
14
14
16
16
19
18
14
14
13
13
20
17
18
11
7
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