Surf-Forecast | Yellow Buoys Surf Guide

Lat Long: 38.21° S 145.04° E

Issued: 10 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Yellow Buoys sea temperature is

16.7°C

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 best time of year for surfing here. Offshore winds are from the northwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northwest. The quality of the surf isn't affected by the tide. Even when the surf is up, crowds are unknown. Hazards include - Rips / undertow - Man-made danger (buoys etc.) - Pollution.

Yellow Buoys Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	1	rarely breaks	16.7°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.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Yellow Buoys Location Map

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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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Yellow Buoys Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 14:31 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 10
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)
Period (s)	-	-	-	-
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	on	on

Tides at Yellow Buoys

Current tide and informaton

For Mornington Mills Mothers Beach, 0 km from Yellow Buoys.

Next High Water: 03:32am | 2.56m

Next Low Water: 08:42pm | 0.38m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Yellow Buoys Sea Temperature

The water temperature (16.7 °C) at Yellow Buoys is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (19.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 16.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite