Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is
18.7°C
2.0° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 2AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (06 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
2.1
S
7
2.4
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.6
S
7
1.4
S
7
1.4
SSE
7
2
SSE
10
2.1
SSE
10
1.9
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
302
302
296
269
284
248
237
232
161
491
829
454
253
188
208
778
804
542
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSE
20
E
10
E
30
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
Wind State
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:48AM1.22m
5:44PM1.54m
6:41AM1.31m
6:44PM1.56m
Low Tide
11:30PM0.30m
11:22AM0.53m
00:25AM0.27m
12:26PM0.45m
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
19
16
15
14
14
20
21
20
15
14
12
10
11
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Feels °C
19
15
14
13
13
18
17
18
9
8
4
3
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