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Bells Beach

Victoria, Australia
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Bells Beach is Australian surfing's spiritual home—a powerful right-hand point break carved into the dramatic sandstone cliffs of Victoria's Great Ocean Road. Home to the world's longest-running professional surf contest (since 1962), Bells delivers cold-water power in the form of long, bowling walls that demand committed rail surfing. The famous "Ring the Bell" trophy ceremony and the clifftop amphitheater atmosphere make competition days electric. When autumn and winter groundswells from the Southern Ocean combine with rare northerly winds, Bells transforms into one of the world's premier right-handers.

3-Day Forecast
Tue
17
57
Fair
1.0m
@15s
10km/h
Wed
18
49
Fair
1.0m
@14s
11km/h
Thu
19
48
Fair
1.1m
@15s
14km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
1.0m
SSW(209°)
Score: 8/25
Period
15s
Long period groundswell
Score: 23/25
Wind
10km/h
S(178°)
Score: 9/25
Weather
17°C
0.0mm94%
Windswell Component
0.1mSSW@2s
Secondary Swell
0.2mS
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

3:36 am
Low tide - -0.13m
9:39 am
High tide - 0.25m
3:47 pm
Low tide - -0.60m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

57
Fair
Components
Swell Direction17/25
Swell Size8/25
Swell Period23/25
Wind9/25
Raw Score57/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score57

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (220°)
Direction range
190° - 260°
Size range
1m - 4m
Ideal size
3.1m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
16s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
N (0°)
Offshore range
315° - 45°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid to high
Optimal range
0.6m - 1.8m

Water temp

14°C

Wetsuit

4/3mm fullsuit

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

7/10

Best Season

Peak: Mar-Oct

Autumn-Spring. Big SW swells.

Getting There

Airport
MEL
Drive time
90 min
Data quality
verified

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