Surf Forecasts:
Aileen's surf forecast from 13 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 14 Jul, 10AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period, W swell with 51 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Aileen's this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Aileen's in the next 16 days are 0.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.5m 3s period and expected on Monday (Jul 13) at 4PM.
| Wave Type | Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Tue 14th Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Aileen's over the next 16 days.
G'day, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. This is a tough outlook for Aileen's – a notoriously fickle, world-class reef that demands a perfect swell. Over this 16-day window from July 13 all the way through to July 28, we are looking at a long, grim run of poor surf. The first real pulse worth talking about doesn't hit until Sunday the 26th, so we've got almost two weeks of flat to tiny, underwhelming conditions to wade through first.
For the first week and a half, the story is all the same. Tiny waves from the west, barely pushing 0.7ft to 2ft at best. A lot of those swells are short period too, mostly 8 to 10 seconds, lacking any real grunt. The combined energy is weak, mostly reading between 9 and 67, and the score is a flat zero every time. There are moments of clean conditions – glassy mornings on Friday the 17th and Friday the 24th – but with those piddly heights, there's nothing to ride. It's just a nice view.
The tide turns around Sunday the 26th. A pulse of swell finally shows up, with a combined energy reading of 250 on the Sunday morning, jumping from the pitiful 9 of the session before. Swell height bumps to 5ft from the WNW, but it's still a short period of 8 seconds, and it's coming in with a stiff 22 mph cross-onshore wind from the WSW. It's messy, not clean. Then Monday the 27th gets more size – 8ft from the west, but the period stays short at 8 seconds. The wind cranks to a strong 28 mph cross-onshore with a risk of thunderstorms. That's not surf for a reef, that's survival. By Tuesday the 28th, the swell peaks to 7ft from the west, finally with a longer period of 11 seconds, and winds swing onshore at 16 mph. It's still messy.
Forget the early days. The only standout, if you can call it that, is Tuesday the 28th morning. It's still 7ft from the west (which is nearly spot-on optimum for Aileen's WSW direction) and combined energy is a meaty 1256. But that onshore wind and the mess it creates means it's a day for experts only. Aileen's is a heavy, inconsistent reef that needs perfection. This isn't it. If the winds clean up, it could be a look, but right now, this forecast is one to skip.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 14 | W 12 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | NW 5 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 15 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 50 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 37 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:48AM4.01m | 5:10PM4.34m | 5:45AM4.22m | 6:02PM4.56m | 6:38AM4.35m | 6:51PM4.69m | 7:26AM4.39m | 7:38PM4.72m | 8:13AM4.34m | 8:23PM4.61m | 8:58AM4.20m | 9:08PM4.40m | 9:43AM4.01m | 9:53PM4.11m | |||||||
Low Tide | 10:54AM0.57m | 11:27PM0.21m | 11:45AM0.39m | 00:17AM-0.02m | 12:32PM0.29m | 1:04AM-0.14m | 1:17PM0.27m | 1:49AM-0.13m | 2:02PM0.35m | 2:33AM0.01m | 2:45PM0.51m | 3:17AM0.25m | 3:30PM0.75m | ||||||||
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 | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:58 | — | — | 9:57 | — | — | 9:55 | — | — | 9:54 | — | — | 9:53 | — | — | 9:52 | — | — | 9:52 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
Feels °C | 18 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 7 | W 12 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | NW 5 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 |
| kJ | 5 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 50 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 37 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | SW 18 | W 14 | SW 16 | SW 16 | W 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 14 | — | NW 5 | WNW 8 | WNW 7 | W 7 | WNW 6 | W 19 | WNW 6 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 14 | NW 7 | WNW 9 | SW 18 | — | — | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | W 15 | WNW 7 | W 9 | — | — |
| kJ | 15 | 2 | 8 | 12 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 3 | NE 3 | ENE 3 | ENE 3 | NE 3 | ENE 3 | NE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | NE 2 | NNE 2 | NW 6 | NE 3 |
| kJ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 138 | 101 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 101 | 101 | 111 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 101 | 120 | 633 | 56 | 56 | 669 | 56 | 56 | 103 | 8 |
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