Surf Forecasts:
Clearwater Pass surf forecast from 26 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 31 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period, W swell with 74 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Clearwater Pass this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Clearwater Pass in the next 16 days are 1.1m 6s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 31) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Fri 31st Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Clearwater Pass over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let me look through the numbers for Clearwater Pass. I gotta be straight with you, it's a grim picture for the next 16 days. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly junk, and the rating is a big zero across the board. There's a whole lot of "poor surf conditions" in the forecast.
For the first few days, we're looking at a weak, short-period windswell from the NW and W, barely scraping 3 ft. The wind is cross-on or onshore, making it choppy and messy. Not a shred of quality. Then from the 30th of July onward, the swell direction swings to the W and the heights are still stuck under 4 ft, with combined energy readings that are weak—just 51 to 61 in the brackets. That's not enough push to do anything fun.
There's a brief window on the 3rd of August where the morning is clean with a cross-offshore breeze from the SSE, but the swell is only 2 ft with a 6-second period. It's small and weak, but it might be the least ugly morning of the whole run. The 4th of August morning is glassy, but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft. You'd be bobbing around more than surfing.
After that, it just flatlines. From the 6th of August onwards, there are days with zero swell and a combined energy of 0. That's a big gap of dead flat water. Some mornings have a clean look, but there's nothing to ride.
Honestly, the whole 16-day window is a write-off. The break is rarely breaks anyway, so a blank run like this isn't totally out of the ordinary for this spot. The water temp is sitting at 87°, which is about 2° above normal for this time of year, so it's a bit warm but nothing crazy.
Keep your eyes on the forecasts, because it tends not to stay this poor for long. But for now, I'd say give the board a wax and find something else to do.
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 29°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | 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) | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 |
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 kJ | 10 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 39 | 34 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 74 | 61 | 57 | 62 | 48 | 42 | 58 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:39AM0.91m | 00:50AM0.56m | 10:28AM0.95m | 1:04AM0.58m | 11:11AM0.98m | 1:22AM0.60m | 11:50AM0.99m | 1:42AM0.63m | 12:26PM0.98m | 2:04AM0.67m | 1:03PM0.96m | 2:25AM0.70m | 1:41PM0.91m | 2:46AM0.74m | |||||||
Low Tide | 5:35PM0.00m | 4:12AM0.49m | 6:10PM-0.02m | 4:56AM0.45m | 6:40PM-0.03m | 5:36AM0.41m | 7:07PM-0.03m | 6:16AM0.37m | 7:33PM-0.02m | 6:57AM0.33m | 7:58PM0.02m | 7:40AM0.29m | 8:25PM0.07m | ||||||||
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 | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — |
 | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — |
mm | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 27 |
Feels °C | 31 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 4 | WNW 6 |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 58 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 5 | W 6 |
| kJ | 10 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 39 | 34 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 74 | 61 | 57 | 62 | 48 | 42 | 53 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 231 | 602 | 231 | 676 | 602 | 370 | 676 | 676 | 1172 | 676 | 614 | 690 | 454 | 690 | 223 | 693 | 683 | 372 | 1345 | 1812 | 1193 |
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