Surf Forecasts:
Chicahauk surf forecast from 9 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period, ENE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 13 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period, ESE swell with 54 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ENE 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 (Sep 09) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.4m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Chicahauk in the next 16 days are 0.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 13) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 10) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Sun 13th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Chicahauk over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let’s get into it.
The next 16 days are a real mixed bag. The start is pretty bleak, with basically nothing on offer for over a week. I’m talking flat, dribbly, wind-blown nothing. There’s a long stretch of poor surf through to around the 20th, so don't get your hopes up for any morning dash. It’ll be a waiting game.
The waiting pays off, though, because we’ve got a proper pulse of energy showing up around the 21st. That’s the standout window. There’s a couple of clean sessions on the Monday morning and afternoon with a solid 8 feet of northeast swell, and the wind is offshore or cross-offshore. The wave energy is cranking too, with values of 852 and 748 in the morning and afternoon respectively. That is a real power source. This is a bigger, more powerful swell, so it’s going to be a handful—not one for beginners. It’s a serious, expert-level kind of surf. The swell period is only 8 seconds, so it’s not a long-period groundswell, but there’s enough juice in it to make things interesting.
After that, the wind turns onshore and strong out of the northeast through the 22nd and 23rd, which will chop it up quickly. By the 24th, the swell is still pushing 8 feet from the north-northeast, but we’re back to onshores and it gets sloppy.
So, it’s a single, sharp spike in the action, and it’s all going down in the second week of the outlook.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun night, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | ||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
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 kJ | 30 | 18 | 17 | 32 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 20 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 30 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | off | cross | off | cross-on | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:37AM1.16m | 6:59PM1.30m | 7:29AM1.24m | 7:46PM1.29m | 8:14AM1.30m | 8:29PM1.25m | 8:56AM1.33m | 9:09PM1.19m | 9:37AM1.32m | 9:50PM1.12m | 10:20AM1.29m | 10:33PM1.05m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:37AM0.12m | 12:45PM0.11m | 1:24AM0.05m | 1:39PM0.07m | 2:05AM0.02m | 2:26PM0.07m | 2:43AM0.02m | 3:11PM0.11m | 3:20AM0.07m | 3:57PM0.18m | 3:58AM0.15m | 4:45PM0.27m | 4:39AM0.25m | ||||||
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 | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
 | 7:21 | — | 7:19 | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:12 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
Feels °C | 22 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 16 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 20 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 30 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 9 | E 8 | — | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 4 | E 4 | SSE 4 | E 4 | — | — |
| kJ | 30 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | — | E 9 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 11 | — | E 10 | E 9 | E 8 | NE 4 | E 5 | — | — | E 15 |
| kJ | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 8 | — | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 3 | SW 3 | S 4 | SSW 4 | W 3 | — | — | — | SSE 2 | SSE 2 | — | SSE 3 | WSW 3 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 440 | 440 | 440 | 0 | 269 | 77 | 17 | 581 | 183 | 1086 | 1086 | 251 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 100 | 624 | 100 |
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