Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Issued: 10 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is

18.5°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 2PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (03 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 3						Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	4	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	97	103	123	96	81	73	73	57	59	73	75	75	75	68	54	54	94	156	367	485	821	686	613	315
Wind (km/h)	WSW	ESE	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	E	E	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	W	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide				4:14PM1.49m					5:20AM1.31m				5:20PM1.46m				6:11AM1.39m				6:20PM1.43m
Low Tide		9:57AM0.60m				10:58PM0.33m					11:09AM0.54m				11:50PM0.35m				12:12PM0.47m				00:35AM0.36m


	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50
	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	7:34
mm	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	20	18	18	17	16	15	14	15	18	19	19	17	16	14	14	13	18	17	17	16	15	12	11
Feels °C	16	19	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	17	18	18	15	10	11	9	12	10	10	11	12	10	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	97	103	123	96	81	73	54	57	59	73	75	75	75	68	54	54	94	17	14	15	15	16	477	315
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	ENE 7	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 6	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 7	NE 8	E 8	NE 8	NE 8	—	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	5	5	7	7	7	7	73	33	23	16	14	8	4	1	6	5	43	9	4	2	2	—	17	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 14	SE 14	SE 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	—	N 8	NE 8	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	8	7	7	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 3	S 5	SSE 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	S 4	SSE 4	S 6	SW 3	S 7	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	—
kJ	—	—	5	52	72	66	92	61	—	—	—	—	—	3	34	69	3	156	367	485	821	686	613	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	2
Distance (km)	0	16	35	35	35	4	0	0	0	129	595	80	0	0	4	4	0	34	539	540	306	0	0	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1				3	4	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	5	5	4	2	2	3	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

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