Surf Forecasts:
Crystals surf forecast from 11 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 12 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period, ENE swell with 59 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Crystals this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Crystals in the next 16 days are 1.2m 5s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 12) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.9m 6s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 16) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Wed 12th Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Crystals over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let’s talk about Crystals.
Right from the jump on Tuesday the 11th, it’s flat as a pancake. The whole first week is dead – tiny slop with combined energy barely hitting double digits, down around 4 to 12 for days on end. Nothing worth wetting a board for.
That quiet spell stretches all the way through the middle of the month. We finally get a little bump around the 18th of August with some southeast groundswell pushing up to about 3 ft. The period stretches to 12 to 15 seconds, so there’s some shape, and the energy climbs to 202 on the 19th. But the wind is a problem – onshore or cross-shore most of the time – so it’s messy. That kind of setup feels more like a kite session than a surf session.
The one and only highlight lands on Sunday morning the 23rd of August. The glass comes out – dead calm with a light offshore breeze from the north-northwest – and there’s 3 ft of north windswell. Short period at 5 seconds, so it’s not a groundswell, but that clean surface makes it the only real option in the whole run. The combined energy sits at 89, which is still on the lower side, but after all that nothing, it shines. It’s a beach/jetty setup, fairly exposed to swell, and the optimum direction is northeast, so the north swell is close enough. Crowds can show up here sometimes. Water’s about average for the time of year.
Bottom line: a long, flat gap then one decent morning on Sunday the 23rd. That’s your window, but don’t expect a classic.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 22°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | |||||||||||||||
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) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | ESE 9 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | NNE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 6 | S 7 | NE 3 | S 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:13PM1.67m | 7:44AM1.30m | 8:04PM1.68m | 8:35AM1.37m | 8:52PM1.64m | 9:23AM1.41m | 9:38PM1.57m | 10:09AM1.43m | 10:22PM1.47m | 10:55AM1.42m | 11:07PM1.34m | 11:41AM1.39m | 11:52PM1.22m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 12:44PM-0.06m | 1:42AM-0.11m | 1:39PM-0.10m | 2:30AM-0.15m | 2:32PM-0.10m | 3:15AM-0.15m | 3:22PM-0.07m | 3:58AM-0.12m | 4:13PM-0.02m | 4:41AM-0.05m | 5:03PM0.07m | 5:23AM0.03m | 5:54PM0.16m | ||||||||
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 | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:51 | — |
mm | — | 1 | 14 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 26 |
Feels °C | 27 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 5 | S 5 | ENE 4 | E 4 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 9 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | NE 5 | S 7 | SSE 7 | S 6 | SE 9 | — | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 |
| kJ | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 3 | — | 158 | 92 | 52 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 5 | ESE 9 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 13 | ESE 10 | ENE 4 | SE 9 | S 7 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | SE 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 11 | ESE 8 | E 7 | — | E 8 | E 7 | SE 13 | ESE 9 | E 13 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | NE 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 3 | SW 3 | ENE 5 | — | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | — | — | NNE 4 | — | — | SSW 2 | SW 3 | S 4 | S 6 | — | NE 3 | — |
| kJ | — | 4 | 2 | 39 | — | 10 | 16 | 14 | 15 | — | — | 17 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 35 | 243 | — | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1077 | 2642 | 1077 | 1445 | 1376 | 558 | 1077 | 3150 | 39 | 2361 | 471 | 690 | 39 | 230 | 230 | 951 | 1171 | 980 | 1 | 1 | 147 |
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