Surf Forecasts:
Malua Bay surf forecast from 8 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 9 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period, SE swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 16 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period, S swell with 978 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 9 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Malua Bay this week:
The surf forecast for Malua Bay over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 09) at 4AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.8m and 11s period with a secondary swell of 1.1m and 11s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Malua Bay in the next 16 days are 2.3m 10s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 16) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 3s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 12) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 4AM (Thu 9th Jul) | 6ft (1.8m) 11s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Thu 9th Jul) | 6ft (1.8m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Thu 16th Jul) | 7.5ft (2.3m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Malua Bay over the next 16 days.
Righto folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Malua Bay has on offer over the next couple of weeks.
Overall, this outlook is a bit of a slow burner. We get a decent pulse early on, but then it drops right away and stays quiet for a good long stretch before any signs of life return. There's a clear standout session, but you'll need to be on it early.
The best of the lot arrives on Thursday morning, July 9th. We've got a solid 4ft swell pushing in from the ESE with a long 11-second period, packing a punch with moderate energy (539). On top of that, the wind is a light 3 mph offshore from the SW, so it's gonna be clean. This is the standout, no question. After that, Thursday arvo picks up a bit more size at 5ft, but the wind swings cross-shore and the period drops, making it a bit of a write-off.
Friday morning, July 10th, is still worth a look. The swell holds at 5ft from the SE, and we get that magic word: glassy. Winds are light from the NW and it'll be clean and fun for a beginner-friendly wave at Malua Bay.
From Friday afternoon through the entire second week, it really dries up. The swell drops below 3ft, and apart from a few brief windows of clean conditions, the energy is weak (in the double digits) and the surf is just not there. We get a few days mid-week with strong offshore winds and a spike to 6ft on Wednesday the 15th, but it's short-period and blowing 25 mph – that's a challenging mess, probably more for the kite crew than us. There's a small lift in energy around Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st, with some clean 2ft waves from the south, but it's small and ordinary. The last real chance of anything might be Saturday the 18th morning with a clean 3ft, but again, it's marginal.
So, to wrap it up: get out there Thursday morning, July 9th for the pick of the fortnight. After that, you're looking at a long flat spell until conditions start looking surfable again around the 20th, but even then, it's nothing to write home about.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wed 15 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | E 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 9 | S 11 | S 7 | S 9 | SSE 10 | S 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 743 | 313 | 328 | 255 | 287 | 284 | 206 | 110 | 116 | 96 | 64 | 35 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 441 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 2:40AM1.16m | 3:24PM1.40m | 3:55AM1.12m | 4:25PM1.50m | 5:11AM1.12m | 5:26PM1.61m | 6:19AM1.15m | 6:24PM1.71m | 7:19AM1.21m | 7:19PM1.79m | 8:13AM1.26m | 8:11PM1.84m | 9:04AM1.31m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:47AM0.46m | 10:02PM0.47m | 9:45AM0.47m | 11:13PM0.37m | 10:46AM0.45m | 00:18AM0.26m | 11:47AM0.43m | 1:15AM0.16m | 12:46PM0.39m | 2:08AM0.09m | 1:42PM0.36m | 2:58AM0.05m | 2:37PM0.35m | ||||||||
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 | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:05 | — |
 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:02 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 11 | S 7 | S 9 | SSE 10 | S 11 |
| kJ | 743 | 313 | 328 | 255 | 287 | 284 | 206 | 98 | 65 | 96 | 64 | 35 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 121 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | S 21 | E 15 | E 12 | E 11 | SE 7 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | S 6 | S 11 | S 10 | S 9 | — | SE 14 | SE 15 | SSE 6 | — |
| kJ | 359 | 220 | 33 | 62 | 103 | 8 | 17 | 110 | 116 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | 8 | 9 | 12 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 | S 19 | — | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | — | SE 7 | S 11 | S 12 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | — |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | N 3 | N 4 | W 3 | W 3 | WNW 3 | — | WNW 3 | — | WNW 2 | — | — | — | S 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 441 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 159 | 73 | 20 | 67 | 245 | 18 | 67 | 0 | 327 | 543 |
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