Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is
17.2° C
1.0° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 8AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NNE by Sun night).

Friday
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
10
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
1.1
NE
5
1
NE
6
1
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
1
ENE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.6
NE
6
2.1
NE
7
2.3
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
65
64
42
41
41
41
40
39
20
30
42
40
27
26
58
83
65
96
120
129
194
420
595
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
SE
10
E
0
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
N
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:24AM1.08m
2:55PM1.44m
3:47AM1.05m
4:06PM1.51m
5:08AM1.08m
5:13PM1.60m
Low Tide
8:15AM0.50m
9:50PM0.41m
9:22AM0.51m
11:05PM0.33m
10:33AM0.49m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:19
5:20
5:21
 mm
1
Temp °C
9
8
8
12
13
14
14
12
10
9
8
11
13
15
14
10
9
9
10
14
17
14
12
15
Feels °C
6
4
4
9
9
11
13
10
7
6
5
9
9
11
11
7
6
5
6
10
12
9
6
9
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