Surf Forecasts:
Carola surf forecast from 5 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 9 Aug, 12PM (local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period, N swell with 6 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Carola this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Carola in the next 16 days are 0.2m 8s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 09) at 12PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 16s period and expected on Friday (Aug 07) at 3AM.
| Wave Type | Time (-06) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 12PM (Sun 9th Aug) | 0.5ft (0.2m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Carola over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab your board, but maybe keep it in the car for a while. This is a tough stretch for Carola.
We’re looking at a real flat spell kicking things off. From Tuesday the 4th through the 8th, there’s just nothing doing. No swell, clean, but flat. It’s a solid week of waiting for the ocean to wake up. Good time to clean the wax off, honestly.
We finally see a hint of life on Sunday the 9th with a tiny 0.7ft bump from the north, but it’s a short-period ripple at 8 seconds. We’re talking weak energy too, measuring only 5 on the combined scale. It’s not even worth paddling out for, unless you just want to sit in the water. This stuff carries along through the next few days, up and down.
The water is about 78° and the anomaly of 9° is crazy warm for this time of year. It feels like bathwater out there.
There’s a slight pulse of energy on the morning of the 14th, with a 9-second period and 12 energy units, but the swell just isn’t there. This pattern continues for the next few days; a little more energy starts to show up on the 17th, with the combined energy reading 39 in the morning. The swell height is still only 2ft from the north, but the period is 9 seconds. This is the best it’s going to get, and honestly, it’s not saying much.
The winds will be cross-offshore from the SSE for most of the period, which will keep the surface clean, but with that little swell, it doesn’t matter. The break itself is a reef that’s fairly consistent, but it needs swell to work. From the 17th onward, it looks like we’re back to dribbles again.
So, what’s the call? There are no good surf options in this entire 16-day window. There’s nothing that even gets close to rideable. Carola is a spot that needs proper north swell, and this forecast just doesn’t deliver it. It’s a bleak outlook. Sometimes the ocean just takes a holiday. We’ll have to wait for the charts to change, but for now, the board stays in the bag.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed morning, min 24°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 12 | N 8 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | SW 16 |
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 kJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:29PM1.78m | 6:52AM1.92m | 7:20PM1.71m | 7:42AM1.85m | 8:22PM1.64m | 8:45AM1.79m | 9:36PM1.62m | 9:58AM1.75m | 10:56PM1.66m | 11:15AM1.77m | 00:10AM1.76m | 12:25PM1.85m | 1:12AM1.90m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:32AM0.40m | 1:11PM0.42m | 1:20AM0.49m | 2:06PM0.46m | 2:19AM0.59m | 3:13PM0.50m | 3:34AM0.65m | 4:30PM0.49m | 5:00AM0.65m | 5:47PM0.42m | 6:19AM0.56m | 6:53PM0.30m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — |
 | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 12 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 206 | 128 | 297 | 171 | 144 | 144 | 116 | 587 | 632 | 568 | 553 | 450 | 304 | 241 | 268 | 418 | 352 | 337 | 323 | 271 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | S 12 | S 11 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 17 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 16 | SSE 8 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 89 | 71 | 64 | 261 | 172 | 212 | 481 | 116 | 96 | 94 | 73 | 17 | 17 | 127 | 53 | 108 | 306 | 214 | 455 | 99 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | S 12 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 9 | SW 21 | N 8 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 46 | 37 | 39 | 67 | 162 | 312 | 144 | 112 | 45 | 20 | 18 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 82 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 4 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | — | 197 | 167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | 89 | 89 | 14 | 96 | 94 | 144 | 177 | 217 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1250 | 979 | 974 | 1250 | 94 | 976 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 94 | 976 |
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