Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is
17.9°C
1.4° 

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 (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 2AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (15 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (15 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon night, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue afternoon, light winds from the E by Thu morning).

Mon
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
1
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
1
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.8
NE
7
2.4
SSE
7
2.1
S
8
1.5
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.5
S
7
1.8
S
7
1.9
S
8
1.9
S
8
2.2
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
3
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
91
94
85
69
75
79
65
532
545
340
503
236
330
466
500
951
1086
1618
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
SE
25
SSE
30
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:31PM1.31m
10:48AM1.46m
11:11PM1.19m
11:27AM1.41m
Low Tide
4:29PM0.33m
4:30AM0.40m
5:15PM0.40m
5:01AM0.49m
6:04PM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:49
5:50
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
23
20
16
15
14
15
15
11
10
10
10
9
8
12
13
14
13
10
Feels °C
21
18
14
13
13
15
11
4
6
7
4
3
2
4
5
6
5
4
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Malua Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest