Malua Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is
19.2°C
2.4° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 6AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (09 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.8
SE
12
1.9
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.8
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.4
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
1
SE
9
1.2
NE
6
0.9
SE
8
1.1
NE
6
0.9
SE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
238
279
826
940
844
735
609
489
332
257
225
152
95
98
78
86
51
33
Wind (km/h)
5
S
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:36PM1.56m
8:07AM1.48m
8:22PM1.53m
8:46AM1.54m
9:06PM1.47m
Low Tide
1:55AM0.25m
2:11PM0.29m
2:33AM0.26m
2:58PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
14
12
11
10
10
16
17
18
17
14
13
14
17
24
28
27
18
17
Feels °C
13
11
10
8
9
13
13
14
14
12
12
13
15
22
25
25
16
15
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