Surf Forecasts:
Apache Pier surf forecast from 6 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 13 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, SW swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 10 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period, SSW swell with 198 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 7 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Apache Pier this week:
The surf forecast for Apache Pier over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 07) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.1m and 6s period with a secondary swell of 0.9m and 6s. Another secondary swell of 0.1m and 10s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Apache Pier in the next 16 days are 1.6m 6s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 10) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 2s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 12) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Tue 7th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Mon 13th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Fri 10th Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Apache Pier over the next 16 days.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Alright, Rusty here. Let me be straight with you – things are lookin' pretty grim around the Apache Pier area for the next couple of weeks.
The water is runnin' about 84°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only positive I can find.
Right now and through the rest of this week, we’re stuck with tiny, weak, short-period windswell. The combined energy is just pitiful, with readings mostly in the 30s and 40s (weak energy). To make matters worse, the wind is all over the place – cross, cross-on, choppy – keeping things a complete mess. There is a brief window on Wednesday morning the 8th, and again Saturday morning the 11th, where we get a slight cross-offshore breeze cleaning things up, but the swell is still under 3 ft and barely has any push. It’s surfable if you’re desperate, but it ain’t pretty.
Next week starts off with the tiniest of swells. Monday the 13th morning, we get a little 1 ft SE groundswell at 9 seconds with an offshore wind – clean as a whistle but barely a ripple (combined energy 36). That’s really just a longboard or a float. The water temp anomaly is only given for the first record, so I’ll leave it there. The pattern of small, weak swell and onshore junk continues through the middle of the week. Thursday the 16th afternoon sees the biggest number of the whole run – a 5 ft SSW swell (combined energy 180 – moderate) – but the forecasters still call it poor surf conditions. It’s clean, but that size with that short period just won't have any shape.
The second week just dies. By the 19th, the swell drops back to 2 ft and the combined energy is down to 39. The afternoon on the 19th does go glassy (wind 3 mph from SSE), which is a tease as there’s nothing to surf. The final days of the forecast are a total write-off – tiny swell, onshore slop, and even rain and thunderstorms likely. There’s simply nothing here worth paddling out for.
At Apache Pier, this is a blank run. The consistent exposure to the south doesn’t matter when there’s no real energy to work with. We’ll have to wait for the forecasts to change.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 34°C on Wed afternoon, min 27°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SE 9 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 |
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 kJ | 17 | 33 | 64 | 41 | 62 | 81 | 55 | 113 | 117 | 35 | 102 | 137 | 82 | 149 | 78 | 36 | 52 | 60 | 20 | 51 | 96 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | off |
High Tide | 2:11PM0.87m | 2:22AM0.85m | 3:08PM0.90m | 3:18AM0.82m | 4:10PM0.94m | 4:21AM0.79m | 5:14PM0.98m | 5:30AM0.78m | 6:20PM1.03m | 6:38AM0.79m | 7:23PM1.08m | 7:45AM0.82m | 8:24PM1.12m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:43AM0.08m | 9:01PM0.22m | 9:31AM0.06m | 10:04PM0.24m | 10:25AM0.05m | 11:12PM0.25m | 11:25AM0.02m | 00:22AM0.22m | 12:29PM-0.02m | 1:29AM0.16m | 1:32PM-0.07m | 2:31AM0.09m | 2:32PM-0.12m | 3:28AM0.02m | |||||||
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 | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
 | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — |
mm | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 33 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 6 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 6 | — | — | S 6 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | S 6 | SE 8 | SSW 6 |
| kJ | 17 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 51 | — | — | 36 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 61 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | — | SE 10 | SSE 10 | — | — | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | SE 10 | SSE 7 | SE 9 | — | SE 9 |
| kJ | 3 | — | 4 | 9 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | 5 | 20 | — | 19 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 9 | E 9 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | S 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | — | S 6 | SSW 6 | WSW 2 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 |
| kJ | 13 | 33 | 64 | — | 62 | 81 | 55 | 113 | 117 | 35 | 102 | 137 | 82 | 149 | 78 | — | 52 | 60 | 1 | 51 | 96 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 805 | 805 | 386 | 598 | 96 | 356 | 0 | 1010 | 356 | 0 | 942 | 417 | 377 | 551 | 464 | 0 | 130 | 81 | 66 | 383 | 0 |
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