Malua Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.79° S 150.23° E

Issued: 4 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Malua Bay sea temperature is

19.0°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 (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Malua Bay at 8AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (11 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 32°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	SSE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 5	NNE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 8	NE 6	NE 5	ESE 8	NE 5	NE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	NE 7	NE 8	SSE 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	66	36	92	80	112	145	79	216	64	39	37	43	24	13	12	16	139	125	82	115	44	46	310	994
Wind (km/h)	SW	W	NW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	N	NW	NW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				9:22AM1.57m				9:47PM1.39m				9:59AM1.58m				10:27PM1.30m				10:35AM1.56m
Low Tide		3:08AM0.30m				3:42PM0.25m				3:42AM0.35m				4:25PM0.27m				4:14AM0.41m					5:08PM0.32m


	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	—	1	2
Temp °C	16	15	14	19	19	21	19	18	17	17	19	28	32	31	21	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12
Feels °C	16	15	14	17	15	17	16	17	15	14	16	24	28	28	17	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	SSE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 5	ESE 8	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 6	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	66	36	92	80	55	54	39	141	64	32	25	19	13	9	12	16	12	12	13	57	44	46	48	31
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	NE 6	S 5	NE 9	S 5	S 5	—	ESE 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	ESE 8	NE 7	ENE 5	NE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 9	NE 7	SE 7	S 9	N 12	E 16
kJ	29	19	14	50	4	2	—	19	40	39	37	13	7	8	6	6	11	12	6	21	2	6	3	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ESE 7	NE 7	S 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 9	S 5	NE 7	NE 7	E 9	E 9	ESE 8	E 8	E 9	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ENE 9	N 12	SE 7	E 16	—
kJ	19	16	19	10	2	2	2	16	1	13	8	6	6	13	6	6	6	6	5	7	3	2	5	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 9	NE 8	NE 5	NNE 6	—	—	NW 2	NE 6	NE 5	NW 3	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 7	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	112	145	79	216	—	—	2	43	24	2	20	95	139	125	82	115	40	31	310	994
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	52	500	125	73	1	0	1	1	1	9	43	67	67	1	0	0	0	35	88	14	491
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	4	6	6	6	5	4	2	3	4	5	4	5	1	2	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	6	4	4

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