Yellow Buoys Surf Break

Yellow Buoys Surf Guide

Lat Long: 38.21° S 145.04° E

Issued: 9 pm 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Yellow Buoys sea temperature is
13.9° C

Normal for this time of year

Yellow Buoys surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Yellow Buoys Surf Guide

Yellow Buoys in Mornington Peninsula is a very sheltered sandbar break. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. Ideal winds are from the northwest. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. Surfable at all stages of the tide. Crowds are never a problem here. Take care of - Rips / undertow - Man-made danger (buoys etc.) - Pollution.

Yellow Buoys Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar1rarely breaks
13.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Yellow Buoys:

The best conditions reported for surf at Yellow Buoys occur when a Northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

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Interactive Yellow Buoys surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Yellow Buoys is Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW) in Australia, 27 km (17 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Yellow Buoys is Avalon Airport (AVV), also in Australia, 54 km (34 miles) away.

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Yellow Buoys Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
Sunday, 21 June 2026, 00:09 Local Time
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Tides at Yellow Buoys

Current tide and informaton
For Mornington Mills Mothers Beach, 0 km from Yellow Buoys.
Next High Water: 05:27am | 2.36m
Tidal range Clock
Next Low Water: 11:30am | 0.3m
IS AT (local time)

Yellow Buoys Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.9 °C) at Yellow Buoys is quite cool. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good sealed spring wetsuit. Some surfers would prefer to wear gloves and boots too. Effective windchill factor of (12.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, neoprene gloves and boots.
Current Temp*: 13.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite
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Swell History at Yellow Buoys

Surf stats for Yellow Buoys, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Yellow Buoys

Wind stats for Yellow Buoys, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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