Surf Forecasts:
Church Cove surf forecast from 27 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 28 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period, W swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 27 Jul, 7AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period, W swell with 363 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 28 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Church Cove this week:
The surf forecast for Church Cove over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 28) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 11s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Church Cove in the next 16 days are 1.5m 9s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 27) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 02) at 4PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Tue 28th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Tue 28th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Mon 27th Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Church Cove over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right folks, gather 'round. Rusty here. Let's take a look at what we've got in the water for Church Cove over the next couple of weeks.
To be straight with you, it’s a pretty grim stretch ahead. The forecast shows a long, frustrating run of days with wave heights that are just too small and messy to get excited about, and the wind is often in the wrong quarter. The surf is poor for the entire 16-day window. The first few days have a bit of size but the wind is a mess, and then it drops off into tiny, weak waves.
We start Monday the 27th of July. Wave heights around 5ft to 4ft from the WNW, but the cross and cross-onshore winds are making it choppy and bumpy. The combined energy is weak to moderate (335 – 351). It’s just not worth paddling out. Tuesday the 28th and Wednesday the 29th are smaller again, with wave heights dropping below 3ft. The energy is very low, down to 79 on the Wednesday morning. It’s a light breeze, but the swell is tiny and the period is short, so don't bother.
Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st see a slight bump in size, up to 5ft, and we get a bit of clean cross-off wind on the Friday morning. The combined energy on Friday morning is still moderate (191), but the swell period is a short 7 seconds, so the waves are going to be weak and lumpy. Saturday the 1st of August and the following week are a write-off, with wave heights mostly under 3ft and energy levels dropping into the double digits. On Sunday the 2nd of August the afternoon goes glassy, but the swell is barely 1ft. You’d be floating more than surfing.
The combined swell energy is weak for most of the period, rarely breaking into the moderate range. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so nothing to report there.
The second week (from about the 5th of August onward) sees a bit more swell, with heights reaching 5ft to 7ft, but the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, and the period stays short. The energy does climb to strong levels (709 and 735) on the 8th of August, but with a fresh cross-onshore wind and short period, it’s going to be a choppy, messy mess. This is more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddle-surfing one. Even the 7ft+ days are ruined by the wind. The whole 16-day window is a fallow period. There are no standout sessions, no reason to rush. Sometimes it just does this for a while.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun night, calm by Tue night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed night, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | |||||||||||||||
AM | 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) | WNW 9 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 6 | W 7 | W 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 6 | W 5 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 333 | 273 | 192 | 141 | 110 | 76 | 73 | 68 | 50 | 85 | 142 | 104 | 188 | 136 | 70 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 29 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off |
High Tide | 4:08AM3.71m | 4:31PM3.94m | 4:51AM3.89m | 5:12PM4.16m | 5:30AM4.07m | 5:48PM4.37m | 6:05AM4.22m | 6:22PM4.53m | 6:39AM4.34m | 6:55PM4.64m | 7:11AM4.41m | 7:27PM4.70m | 7:44AM4.43m | 8:01PM4.68m | |||||||
Low Tide | 10:49AM1.16m | 11:16PM1.02m | 11:30AM0.92m | 11:55PM0.78m | 12:08PM0.69m | 00:32AM0.57m | 12:43PM0.51m | 1:07AM0.41m | 1:18PM0.40m | 1:41AM0.32m | 1:52PM0.35m | 2:16AM0.30m | 2:28PM0.38m | 2:52AM0.34m | |||||||
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 | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:02 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | S 11 | WNW 7 | S 12 | WNW 7 | WNW 6 | W 5 | WNW 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 333 | 273 | 192 | 141 | 110 | 76 | 73 | 68 | 50 | 33 | 142 | 2 | 188 | 3 | 60 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 29 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 16 | S 11 | S 12 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 6 | S 6 | — | S 13 | — | S 12 | — | W 11 | W 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WNW 6 | E 4 | W 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 11 | S 14 | — | — | — | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | — | — | — | — | S 12 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 7 | WNW 6 | NW 6 | E 5 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 4 | W 6 | — | W 6 | — | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | — | — | N 3 | NE 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 85 | — | 104 | — | 136 | 70 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 192 | 171 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 190 | 190 | 192 | 232 | 176 | 12 | 232 | 202 | 416 | 615 | 180 | 399 | 254 | 10 |
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