Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Issued: 4 pm 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is

19.1°C

Malua Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Malua Bay today (12 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 10PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 12). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (12 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Evening (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 31°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Mon 12				Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 5	ESE 8	NE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	S 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	16	13	10	176	181	135	82	107	25	50	51	765	439	298	434	138	125	566	562	673
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	S	SSE	SE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				10:27PM1.30m				10:35AM1.56m					11:07PM1.21m				11:11AM1.53m
Low Tide		4:25PM0.27m				4:14AM0.41m					5:08PM0.32m			4:47AM0.48m					5:53PM0.38m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—
mm	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	31	30	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	11	11	10	10	14	14	15	15	14
Feels °C	26	26	15	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	10	4	4	4	5	8	9	11	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	SSE 6	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 7	ENE 10	SSE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 10
kJ	13	9	10	9	9	9	16	43	25	50	51	33	22	9	166	9	104	8	8	492
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ENE 8	NE 7	E 8	S 9	N 12	E 16	E 10	ENE 10	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 10	—	NE 7	ENE 9
kJ	6	13	6	6	6	12	14	17	5	2	3	5	8	9	9	2	9	—	2	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 9	ENE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	E 8	SE 7	N 12	E 16	E 16	N 12	N 12	E 10	SE 15	NE 8	N 11	E 15	NE 7
kJ	6	13	6	6	7	6	5	5	2	3	5	5	3	3	8	8	2	2	4	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 5	NNW 3	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	S 7	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 6	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10
kJ	16	7	54	176	181	135	82	107	31	28	126	765	439	298	434	138	125	566	562	673
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Wallaga Rivermouth NSW - Far South	Bendalong Beach NSW - South Coast	Bendalong Beach NSW - South Coast	Marley NSW - Illawarra	Malua Bay NSW - Far South	Malua Bay NSW - Far South	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Peggys NSW - Illawarra	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Saltwater NSW - Far South	Malua Bay NSW - Far South	Malua Bay NSW - Far South	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Plantation Point NSW - South Coast	Mollymook Beach NSW - South Coast	Malua Bay NSW - Far South	Malua Bay NSW - Far South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	4
Distance (km)	66	67	67	204	0	0	35	35	80	165	242	305	154	0	0	35	90	57	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Far South New South Wales	Bears Beach	Camel Rock			Pink Rocks	Pink Rocks	Saltwater	Saltwater	Merimbula Bar				Saltwater	Pink Rocks	Pink Rocks				Pink Rocks	Pink Rocks
Rating (10 max)	1	1			2	1	2	2	1				1	2	3				3	4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	The Farm NSW - Illawarra	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Bancoora VIC - Torquay	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	The Guillotine WA - Margaret River	Bunker Bay Bommie WA - Margaret River	Bunker Bay Bommie WA - Margaret River	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating (10 max)	5	1	2	5	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	7	2	3	3	4	4
Header Global	Cobblestones Australia	The Bombie Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Bancoora Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Bali Village Indonesia	Outside Corner Indonesia	Outside Corner Indonesia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Trial Harbour Australia	Asu Indonesia	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Benkunqut Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	4	7	4	4	4

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