Balina Shelly Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Best conditions for Balina Shelly Beach

Balina Shelly Beach is most often good on a 4–6 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the S, with light wind from the SW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-26 10:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1770000 (PAGO PAGO Harbor, Tutuila Island), the nearest tide station (4160 km away). Times local.

• 2026-06-06 05:20 — Low 0.564 ft
• 2026-06-06 11:37 — High 2.361 ft
• 2026-06-06 17:59 — Low 0.375 ft
• 2026-06-07 00:21 — High 2.14 ft
• 2026-06-07 06:13 — Low 0.543 ft
• 2026-06-07 12:28 — High 2.384 ft

Frequently asked

Is Balina Shelly Beach working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 10:00 UTC), Balina Shelly Beach is looking good: the live 4–6 ft medium-period swell from the S matches its ideal S direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the SW.

Is Balina Shelly Beach good for beginners?

Balina Shelly Beach is best suited to experienced surfers — it's most often good on larger 4–6 ft surf that breaks with more power than beginners should take on. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Balina Shelly Beach?

Balina Shelly Beach tends to be best on a high outgoing tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Balina Shelly Beach?

The best swell direction for Balina Shelly Beach is from the south (S). Swell arriving from the south lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Balina Shelly Beach?

Balina Shelly Beach is most often good with light wind from the southwest (SW) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Balina Shelly Beach come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 51214) and the nearest NOAA tide station (PAGO PAGO Harbor, Tutuila Island). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Balina Shelly Beach is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

Nearby spots

• Port Macquarie — 3 km
• Forster — 89 km
• Nambucca Heads — 90 km
• Sawtell Rock Point — 121 km
• Coffs Park Beach — 131 km

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