New South Wales, Australia

Bondi buoy: live swell

Bondi is Sydney's most famous beach, an east-facing beach break that is always busy. The Sydney buoy, 20 km offshore, sees the swell coming.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for Bondi

Check this one first19 km north-east

Sydney

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot.

Swell
1.9 m
Period
6 s
Direction
S 168°
Max
3.2 m
Swell over 24 h

Reading at Thu 10:00 PM

6.3 km north-west

Wind · Fort Denison

13 km/h
W

Reading at 12:00 AM

Bondi wave forecast

Wave model ECMWF WAM 28 km · updated

Fri 6/11

1.2-1.4m

151 kJ

1.3m 7s

158°

1.3-1.6m

197 kJ

1.4m 7s

160°

1.5-1.8m

320 kJ

1.7m 8s

162°

1.6-1.9m

371 kJ

1.7m 8s

162°

1.5-1.8m

326 kJ

1.6m 8s

159°

1.3-1.6m

264 kJ

1.5m 8s

157°

Sat 7/11

1.1-1.3m

129 kJ

1.2m 7s

133°

1-1.2m

104 kJ

1.1m 7s

128°

0.9-1.1m

85 kJ

1m 6s

124°

0.8-1m

68 kJ

0.9m 7s

122°

0.7-0.9m

55 kJ

0.8m 7s

120°

0.7-0.8m

50 kJ

0.7m 7s

117°

Sun 8/11

1-1.2m

77 kJ

1.1m 6s

150°

1.6-1.9m

230 kJ

1.8m 6s

174°

1.8-2.2m

447 kJ

2m 7s

174°

1.9-2.3m

557 kJ

2.1m 8s

174°

2-2.5m

638 kJ

2.2m 8s

175°

2.3-2.8m

833 kJ

2.6m 8s

176°

Mon 9/11

2.5-3.1m

1007 kJ

2.8m 8s

170°

2.4-3m

1024 kJ

2.7m 8s

167°

2.3-2.8m

915 kJ

2.5m 9s

165°

2.2-2.7m

889 kJ

2.5m 9s

163°

2.2-2.7m

962 kJ

2.5m 9s

160°

2.3-2.8m

1078 kJ

2.5m 9s

158°

Tue 10/11

2.4-2.9m

1178 kJ

2.6m 9s

154°

2.2-2.7m

1072 kJ

2.5m 10s

153°

2.1-2.5m

960 kJ

2.3m 10s

152°

1.9-2.3m

838 kJ

2.1m 10s

151°

1.8-2.2m

702 kJ

2m 10s

151°

1.6-2m

599 kJ

1.8m 10s

150°