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
17.1°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.

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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Yellow Buoys Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
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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.

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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