Shelly Beach surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 AEST
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Shelly Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shelly Beach sea temperature is
12.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shelly Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelly Beach at 9AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (21 Aug)2ft (0.6m)14s

Table - waves today at Shelly Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)161615151514141414171814151416161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4864093893093012582101992613524054815695356438231014989976913965134415471413
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SSW
10
SE
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NW
20
NW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
1.99
8:41PM
1.92
10:30AM
1.97
9:59PM
1.86
11:35AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.29
3:03PM
1.07
3:33AM
0.38
4:22PM
1.06
4:44AM
0.44
5:36PM
0.96
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:54-----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:46-------5:47--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131010111415161516151313151616151413121212121211
Feels °C (?)10667111214121312101013141311109888999
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Shelly Beach (calm at Cerberus Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Shelly Beach). 0.8m 15s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

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30 km away, 1 h 26 min ago

4 km/h
SSE
0.0
12.8
Air / Water (°C)
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