Surf Forecasts:
Chicahauk surf forecast from 11 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 15 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period, E swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period, ENE swell with 359 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 15 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Chicahauk this week:
The surf forecast for Chicahauk over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 15) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.6m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 9s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Chicahauk in the next 16 days are 1.9m 7s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Jul 16) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Wed 15th Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Wed 15th Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Mon 13th Jul) | 6ft (1.9m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Chicahauk over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for our stretch of sand at Chicahauk.
To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty flat and ordinary overall. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and often messy surf, so you’ll need to be patient. The first real nod towards anything surfable doesn’t even pop up until Wednesday the 15th, and even then it’s just barely a pulse. After that, there’s a gap of several days of poor conditions before another small window appears late in the period.
The standout moment, if you can call it that, is on Thursday the 23rd of July. The morning offers the best chance of the whole run. We’ll see a 2 ft swell from the SSE wrapping in, with a clean, gentle offshore breeze from the SW making things nice and glassy. The combined energy is weak at 44, but for this break that’s about as good as it’s going to get. It’s a sandbar setup, and while it’s fairly consistent, it’s not a powerful spot. The water temp is about average for the time of year.
The afternoon of that same Thursday (23rd) brings a jump in size – 5 ft from the S – but the wind swings cross-offshore and the energy jumps to 270 (moderate). Still, the quality takes a hit, so I’d stick to the morning session.
Before that, the only other day with a flicker of life is Sunday the 12th of July, but it’s a bad one. A 5 ft NE windswell with a short, weak 6-second period crashes in, but the wind is howling onshore from the NE and there's a risk of thunderstorms. This is a kite-surfing setup, not a paddle day.
Wednesday the 15th of July is the earliest we see anything – a 2 ft SSE groundswell with clean offshore W wind, but very weak energy at 41. It’s surfable but ordinary. Only for the keenest on a longboard.
Later on, Friday the 24th of July afternoon shows another pulse – 4 ft from the S with 8-second period and moderate energy of 243 – but it’s cross-onshore and lumpy. Marginal at best.
Overall, if you want a wave, aim for the morning of Thursday the 23rd. That’s the one clean window in a long, flat spell. Crowds are sometimes a thing here, but on a day like that, you might get a few others with the same idea.
Stay patient, stay salty.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 62mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Fri night, min 23°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the E by Mon morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Wed night, min 24°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Fri 17 | |||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | N 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 9 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 151 | 359 | 277 | 181 | 92 | 32 | 53 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | on | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross | cross-off | off | cross |
High Tide | 4:47AM0.84m | 5:25PM1.27m | 5:52AM0.88m | 6:27PM1.32m | 6:57AM0.94m | 7:25PM1.35m | 7:55AM1.00m | 8:18PM1.35m | 8:49AM1.05m | 9:09PM1.31m | 9:42AM1.09m | 10:00PM1.25m | 10:37AM1.10m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 11:04PM0.08m | 10:49AM-0.05m | 00:09AM0.00m | 11:52AM-0.09m | 1:11AM-0.09m | 12:57PM-0.14m | 2:03AM-0.16m | 1:55PM-0.17m | 2:51AM-0.20m | 2:49PM-0.16m | 3:40AM-0.19m | 3:44PM-0.10m | 4:30AM-0.16m | 4:44PM-0.02m | |||||||
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 | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:58 | — |
 | 8:22 | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:19 |
mm | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 33 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 31 |
Feels °C | 33 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | ESE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | — | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 31 | — | 181 | 92 | 32 | 53 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SSE 7 | SE 10 | — | — | SE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 5 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 4 | E 6 | E 15 | E 15 | SSE 7 | SSE 5 |
| kJ | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 24 | — | — | 23 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | NE 7 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 5 | — | SE 5 | ESE 5 | E 7 | — | E 15 | E 15 | S 4 | S 7 |
| kJ | 8 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 16 | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 3 | — | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | E 7 | — | — | — | — | SW 2 | WSW 3 | SSW 2 | SW 4 | SW 3 | S 4 | S 4 | NW 3 | N 5 |
| kJ | — | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 151 | 359 | 277 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 39 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 61 | 87 | 49 | 100 | 100 | 1197 | 181 | 181 | 183 | 179 | 197 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 594 | 581 | 468 | 1015 | 76 | 1277 |
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