Surf Forecasts:
Bulli Beach surf forecast from 23 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 25 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period, NE swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 25 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period, NE swell with 253 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 24 Aug, 10PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Bulli Beach this week:
The surf forecast for Bulli Beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 24) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.6m and 6s period. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Bulli Beach in the next 16 days are 1.6m 7s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Aug 25) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.8m 8s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 27) at 4AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10PM (Mon 24th Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Tue 25th Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Tue 25th Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Bulli Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright mates, Rusty here again. The news isn’t flash for the Bulli stretch. We’re looking at heaps of days with bugger-all surf and only a couple of moments where it might be worth a look. The waiting game is on.
The first time you could even call it surfable is Monday the 25th of August, but it’s nothing to write home about. The whole run is fed by weak, short-period northeasterly windswell. The combined energy stays low most days, only getting into the low triple digits on the 25th (132) and 26th (231), but the quality is poor.
Monday the 25th of August morning: surfable waves, but very ordinary. Tuesday the 26th of August morning probably gives you the best chance with 1.3m of NE swell, period around 8 seconds, and combined energy of 231 – the biggest number of the whole outlook. Still, you've got cross-shore wind and light rain to deal with, so it’s more about making do. Wednesday the 27th of August morning turns glassy with light SSE wind and a tiny 0.9m NE swell, but the energy is low (86). Clean, but knee-high.
The best of a bad lot? Maybe Friday the 28th of August morning. Dead calm, glassy sea, 0.9m NE swell at 8 seconds, energy just hitting 100. It’s surfable, but very ordinary.
After that, it's a long, dry stretch. There's a blip on Saturday the 5th of September morning – 1.0m SSW windswell (104 energy) and clean offshore WNW wind, but it’s a short 6-second period. Not a standout.
For the rest of the second week, it’s tiny stuff with combined energy often under 50. By Monday the 7th of September afternoon you've got a 30 km/h WNW offshore blowing, but over a flat 0.1m swell at 14 seconds (energy of 4). Absolutely nothing.
No standout sessions here, folks. Bulli Beach (South Coast) is in a proper flat spell. Water temp is around 66°F, pretty normal for this time of year.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | ||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 8 | 8 | 7 | 119 | 202 | 109 | 194 | 223 | 196 | 159 | 106 | 86 | 74 | 124 | 100 | 86 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 68 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | off | glassy | on | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:57PM1.32m | 5:49AM0.92m | 5:45PM1.38m | 6:31AM0.99m | 6:27PM1.45m | 7:08AM1.06m | 7:05PM1.50m | 7:43AM1.13m | 7:41PM1.53m | 8:17AM1.20m | 8:16PM1.53m | 8:51AM1.27m | 8:53PM1.49m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:58PM0.37m | 11:07AM0.49m | 00:37AM0.30m | 11:56AM0.43m | 1:12AM0.23m | 12:39PM0.37m | 1:44AM0.18m | 1:19PM0.32m | 2:15AM0.13m | 2:00PM0.28m | 2:46AM0.11m | 2:40PM0.26m | 3:16AM0.11m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — |
 | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:35 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | NE 6 | S 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 143 | 198 | 121 | 98 | 68 | 109 | 27 | 223 | 196 | 159 | 106 | 354 | 208 | 305 | 167 | 302 | 214 | 181 | 161 | 92 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | ENE 9 | S 17 | S 17 | SSW 15 | S 9 | S 16 | S 9 | SSW 14 | S 11 | S 15 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 276 | 8 | 50 | 22 | 45 | 42 | 43 | 14 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 74 | 124 | 100 | 86 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 68 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | S 18 | ENE 8 | E 13 | — | NE 9 | — | S 16 | — | — | — | S 15 | SSW 14 | S 14 | S 9 | S 9 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 8 | 26 | 7 | 3 | — | 23 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 18 | 62 | 36 | 101 | 57 | 61 | 32 | 17 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | NE 7 | — | S 4 | S 6 | S 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 5 | 53 | 80 | 119 | 202 | — | 194 | — | 35 | 148 | 368 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 21 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
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