Surf Forecasts:
Coombesgate Beach surf forecast from 28 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 31 Aug, 7AM (local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period, W swell with 985 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Coombesgate Beach this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Coombesgate Beach in the next 16 days are 2.3m 10s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 31) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 4s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 02) at 1PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Mon 31st Aug) | 7.5ft (2.3m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Coombesgate Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Grab a coffee and listen up. Rusty here.
To be straight with you, looking at the whole 16-day window, there isn’t a single day I’d call a proper standout for a surf. It’s a tough run for Coombesgate Beach. The swell sticks around from the west to west-southwest most of the time, but the wind is almost always working against us. We’ve got a heap of energy in the water on a few days, hitting moderate to strong levels (780 and 969 on August 31st), but it’s all blown out and messy.
The only flicker of something surfable comes right at the tail end. On Sunday September 6th, in the afternoon, we see a bit of relief. The combined swell energy is weak (67), with a tiny 3ft swell out of the west-southwest and a short 5-second period. But here’s the thing – the wind swings around to a light north-easterly, giving us a clean cross-off breeze. The water’s still warm, but note that on August 28th the water temp was 67° which is 6° warmer than normal, so it’s unusually warm for the time of year. That Sunday arvo is really the only time it’s described as having "surfable waves". It’s not going to be big or powerful, but it’ll be clean for a paddle.
Before that, from now all the way through, it’s a write-off. We’ve got a long gap of over a week with nothing worth chasing. For the first week of September, the swell is either too onshore, too cross-shore, or just too messy with strong breezes. Monday September 7th and Tuesday the 8th have some waist-high swell, but the wind is on it again, making it lumpy and choppy. Not worth the wetsuit.
Later in the second week, from September 10th onwards, the swell drops right away to ankle-snappers. There’s a glassy moment on the morning of the 10th, but it’s only 0.7ft, so you’d be floating more than surfing. The rest of that week is tiny and wind-affected.
So overall, the best you can hope for is that Sunday September 6th afternoon. It’s a light wind, clean little wave. Don’t expect much, but it’s the only window in a long, flat spell.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, strong winds from the SW by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 7 | WSW 6 | W 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | W 8 |
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 kJ | 97 | 81 | 82 | 47 | 140 | 592 | 281 | 313 | 660 | 780 | 533 | 369 | 152 | 120 | 61 | 51 | 177 | 329 | 308 | 414 | 300 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:17PM9.00m | 7:34AM8.88m | 7:52PM9.21m | 8:08AM9.05m | 8:26PM9.30m | 8:42AM9.08m | 9:00PM9.23m | 9:15AM8.96m | 9:35PM9.00m | 9:49AM8.69m | 10:11PM8.60m | 10:27AM8.26m | 10:53PM8.05m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:01PM1.29m | 1:20AM1.07m | 1:33PM1.10m | 1:53AM0.92m | 2:04PM1.01m | 2:25AM0.90m | 2:35PM1.04m | 2:56AM1.02m | 3:06PM1.21m | 3:28AM1.29m | 3:40PM1.51m | 4:03AM1.70m | 4:18PM1.97m | ||||||||
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 | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:59 | — |
mm | 3 | — | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | — | — | W 9 | W 10 | W 9 | W 18 | W 8 | W 7 | W 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | — | SW 15 |
| kJ | — | — | 45 | 24 | 140 | 592 | 281 | 227 | — | — | 533 | 369 | 152 | 6 | 61 | 51 | 5 | 9 | 8 | — | 9 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 16 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WNW 5 | — | — | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 9 | — | — | W 9 | — | SSW 3 | WSW 6 | W 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | W 8 |
| kJ | 97 | 81 | 82 | 47 | 2 | — | — | 313 | 660 | 780 | 436 | — | — | 120 | — | 3 | 177 | 329 | 308 | 414 | 300 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 310 | 253 | 430 | 228 | 41 | 64 | 23 | 453 | 68 | 96 | 170 | 64 | 222 | 279 | 119 | 404 | 279 | 274 | 90 | 279 | 316 |
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