Surf Forecasts:
Apache Pier surf forecast from 5 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 8 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, SSW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 10 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period, SSW swell with 205 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 7 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s 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 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 5s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 8s. 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-shore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Tue 7th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 5s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Wed 8th 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.
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Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's chew over what's on the menu for Apache Pier through the next couple of weeks.
It's a bleak stretch, I won't lie. There's a big gap of poor conditions right through the first week, with the wind mostly blowing from the south or southwest, which is just cross or cross-onshore at the pier. The swell is tiny, rarely getting above 3 feet, and with periods of just 5 to 8 seconds, there's no real power behind it. The combined energy is almost always in the double digits, mostly under 100, which just confirms we're dealing with weak, drifty, and disorganised surf.
The mornings are your best chance for a clean-up, as the wind tends to be lighter. Wednesday morning on July 8th offers a clean window with a light cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is still only 2 to 3 feet with a 6-second period. It's surfable, but barely. The real standout, if you can call it that, is on Sunday, July 12th. The afternoon goes glassy, dead calm, and the swell bumps up a touch to around 4 to 5 feet from the south. The combined energy hits 147, which is modest but at least shows some life. That's the cleanest the water will be, but the waves are still going to be soft, crumbly, and short-period.
That's probably the pick of the bunch. Anything after that gets lumpy and choppy again, with the wind picking right back up. The energy does build into the 200s and 300s by the 18th and 19th of July, but the wind is always cross-onshore and the surf quality is just poor. Not a single day in the 16-day window looks like it's worth getting excited about. Hang in there, keep checking the forecasts, things can turn around.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 31°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 34°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Sat 11 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | SSW 5 | S 6 | S 5 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 5 |
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 kJ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 72 | 44 | 78 | 87 | 48 | 58 | 71 | 64 | 87 | 112 | 84 | 193 | 155 | 60 | 90 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on |
High Tide | 00:53AM0.91m | 1:20PM0.84m | 1:34AM0.88m | 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 | |||||||
Low Tide | 8:00AM0.09m | 8:07PM0.19m | 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 | ||||||||
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 | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — |
 | 8:29 | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:27 |
mm | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
Feels °C | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | — | — | SE 9 | — | — | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 4 | 14 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | S 4 | S 3 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | SSW 5 | — | S 5 | SSW 6 | — | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 5 |
| kJ | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 72 | — | 78 | 87 | — | 58 | 71 | 64 | 87 | 112 | 84 | 193 | 155 | 60 | 90 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 589 | 589 | 823 | 465 | 66 | 823 | 81 | 551 | 805 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 189 | 81 | 2104 | 280 | 373 | 373 | 280 | 130 | 343 |
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