Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 05 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 (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 9AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (05 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s

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 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
0
0
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
2
S
7
2.3
S
8
2.1
S
8
1.4
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.4
SSE
7
2.1
S
10
1.6
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
162
188
188
217
243
256
240
302
296
275
264
253
242
172
158
423
727
514
183
139
157
184
896
415
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
15
ENE
5
NE
5
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
0
W
15
E
15
E
30
S
25
S
35
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
on
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:42AM1.13m
4:36PM1.52m
5:48AM1.22m
5:44PM1.54m
6:41AM1.31m
6:44PM1.56m
Low Tide
10:08AM0.59m
11:30PM0.30m
11:22AM0.53m
00:25AM0.27m
12:26PM0.45m
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Temp °C
15
15
14
17
18
19
17
15
15
14
14
22
22
21
16
14
12
11
11
13
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
14
14
13
17
15
19
17
13
15
13
13
21
18
18
11
8
4
4
5
6
8
9
9
10
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