The Three Bears Surf Forecast

/ WA – Margaret River (57 breaks) / Western Australia (159 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Three Bears surfForecast / WA – Margaret River / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AWST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

The Three Bears surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Three Bears sea temperature is 20.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Three Bears today?

The current surf forecast for The Three Bears at 10PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 May)	-	-
Afternoon (05 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	20s
Evening (05 May)	3ft (0.9m)	18s

Table - waves today at The Three Bears. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue night, calm by Fri afternoon).
	Tue 5			Wednesday 6								Thursday 7								Fri 8
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 20	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	381	515	736	768	877	808	880	1230	1451	1451	1273	1225	1001	961	846	763	653	517	394	394	331	331	241	181
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	S	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide							10:29AM0.70m								10:58AM0.68m									11:30AM0.64m
Low Tide				11:03PM0.14m								11:53PM0.13m								00:22AM0.14m


	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—
	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	14	13	12	12	12	14	18	20	19	16	15	14	13	15	18	21	20	19	16	16	15	17	20
Feels °C	15	8	7	6	7	6	9	15	17	13	10	9	8	7	10	16	18	14	13	9	10	9	12	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 14	SW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
kJ	381	515	736	768	877	808	880	1230	1451	1451	1273	1225	1001	961	846	763	653	517	394	394	331	331	241	181
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 20	WSW 19	WSW 18	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 4	NNE 5	N 5	—	—	—	—	—	WSW 13
kJ	336	393	603	494	273	336	212	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	2	—	—	—	—	—	55
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	89	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 3	SE 3	ESE 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	ENE 4	—	—	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	—	NE 5	ENE 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6
kJ	—	7	9	16	18	18	15	10	—	—	12	22	22	24	22	12	—	8	10	19	43	49	72	67
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	3	4	48	48	18	9	14	7	0	0	7	14	14	18	18	0	0	0	7	8	25	25	21
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	9	9	7	6	6	5	8	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5

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