Surf Forecasts:
D Street surf forecast from 22 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 25 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 21s period, SW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 27 Jul, 5PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 19s period, SSW swell with 1,153 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 22 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for D Street this week:
The surf forecast for D Street over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 22) at 11PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 14s period with a secondary swell of 1.0m and 13s. Another secondary swell of 1.0m and 7s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at D Street in the next 16 days are 1.3m 19s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 27) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 11PM (Wed 22nd Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 14s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 21s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Mon 27th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 19s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for D Street over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m gonna level with you: the next 16 days at D Street are a bit of a grind. We’ve got a lot of marginal days with onshore or cross-onshore wind, and the conditions are rarely clean. The overall pattern is a slow, drawn-out decline from a decent-ish pulse of long-period swell, but it’s never really firing. There’s a solid run of poor surf from the 2nd of August onwards, so we’re looking at about a week of flat, choppy nothingness at the end.
The best of it, and I mean the only real standout, lands on Friday, 25th July. The morning session is your best bet. We’ve got a 3-foot swell from the SSW, but check out the period – 21 seconds. That’s proper groundswell, lots of energy behind it. The combined energy is strong (1039). The wind is light and straight offshore from the W, so it’ll be glassy clean. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing wild. D Street is a sandbar, so with a period that long, expect it to fatten up and maybe not barrel; it’ll be more of a walled-up, mellow wave. It’s a beginner spot anyway, so for a learner or a longboarder, this is your window.
The rest of the first week is a lottery. The swell hangs around 3 to 4 feet through the 28th, but the wind is mostly cross-on from the SW or WSW, keeping it choppy. The 26th (Sunday) sees a cross-shore breeze from the SSW at 12 mph, so it’ll be messy. The combined energy is moderate to strong (values like 1211 on the 27th), but with the wind, it’s just not worth paddling out for.
By the 31st of July, the swell picks up a bit, hitting 6 feet from the S on the Friday afternoon, but it’s onshore wind and the period drops to 14 seconds. That’s borderline too big for beginners and the quality is poor. The first of August looks similar, 6 feet from the S, but still onshore. It’s not going to be pretty.
Then from the 2nd of August, we hit a wall. The swell drops to 3 feet and below, the period collapses, and the combined energy falls to weak numbers (270, 179, 157). Winds are cross or cross-on, and the surf is described as “poor” across the board. This is a blank run – a full week of nothing rideable. For this area, that’s not unusual, but it’s a bit of a bummer.
So, bottom line: if you’ve got a log or a foamie, set your alarm for Friday, 25th July morning. That’s the cleanest, most fun wave of the whole outlook. The rest is a write-off.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 21°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 21°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | ||||||||||||||
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) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SW 24 | S 11 | SW 21 | SSW 21 | SW 21 | SSW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 19 | SSW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 551 | 437 | 431 | 389 | 461 | 408 | 339 | 563 | 163 | 664 | 799 | 628 | 1004 | 863 | 735 | 719 | 1056 | 1153 | 780 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | on | glassy |
High Tide | 5:50AM1.24m | 4:47PM1.90m | 7:36AM1.30m | 5:41PM1.94m | 8:29AM1.38m | 6:30PM2.00m | 9:02AM1.44m | 7:14PM2.07m | 9:28AM1.49m | 7:53PM2.15m | 9:53AM1.52m | 8:29PM2.22m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:35PM0.77m | 9:32AM1.13m | 00:42AM0.64m | 10:46AM1.22m | 1:31AM0.51m | 12:00PM1.25m | 2:10AM0.40m | 12:56PM1.23m | 2:45AM0.31m | 1:39PM1.18m | 3:16AM0.24m | 2:17PM1.12m | 3:47AM0.20m | ||||||
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 | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
Feels °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 7 | S 13 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | SW 21 | SSW 21 | SW 21 | SSW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 19 | SSW 17 |
| kJ | 551 | 437 | 431 | 135 | 461 | 121 | 117 | 134 | 83 | 664 | 799 | 628 | 1004 | 863 | 735 | 719 | 1056 | 1153 | 780 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 8 | S 16 | S 14 | S 13 | W 7 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 11 | SSW 12 | W 7 | W 7 | SSW 12 | W 7 | SW 13 | SSW 11 | W 7 | W 9 | W 10 |
| kJ | 28 | 122 | 253 | 330 | 152 | 408 | 339 | 304 | 163 | 244 | 64 | 59 | 199 | 48 | 170 | 79 | 51 | 79 | 67 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SSW 14 | SW 18 | SW 26 | SW 26 | SW 24 | SSW 13 | W 7 | SSW 12 | S 10 | W 7 | SSW 11 | W 7 | W 7 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 18 | 31 | 27 | 389 | 51 | 171 | 171 | 563 | 101 | 58 | 176 | 74 | 44 | 135 | 47 | 35 | 104 | 49 | 87 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 5 | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 129 | 129 | 24 | 24 | 94 | 0 |
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