Surf Forecasts:
Dixon Park surf forecast from 26 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 30 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period, S swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 30 Jul, 7AM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period, S swell with 1,555 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 27 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with S swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Dixon Park this week:
The surf forecast for Dixon Park over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 27) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.3m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Dixon Park in the next 16 days are 3.0m 10s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 30) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 3s period and expected on Wednesday (Jul 29) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Mon 27th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Thu 30th Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Thu 30th Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Dixon Park over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Righto, let’s have a look at what’s comin’ through Dixon Park for the next couple weeks.
It’s a bit of a slow start, but there’s a solid window of clean, sizey swell on the way. Early on, there’s not much to get excited about – a few knee-high days with light offshore winds, but nothing worth paddlin’ out for in a hurry. That changes around Thursday the 30th of July, when a nice southerly swell pushes in.
The standout mornings are Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st of July. Thursday morning we’ve got a solid 8ft swell from the south, with a clean 10-second period and light cross-offshore wind from the WSW. The water temperature is about average for this time of year at 65°. That’s a proper expert-only wave at that size – powerful and with some serious energy behind it (combined swell energy at 2080). You’ll need your wits about you. Friday morning is much the same story: 8ft southerly swell, clean glassy conditions with light WSW cross-off winds, and even more grunt in the water (2253). Two cracking mornings back to back for anyone who knows what they’re doing.
For those who aren’t looking to get thumped, Sunday the 2nd of August morning shapes up nicely. It drops back to a chest-high 5ft southerly swell, but the period stretches out to 11 seconds, so there’s some proper groundswell push. The wind is dead offshore from the NW at just 3 mph, so it’ll be clean as a whistle. That one’s got a lot of appeal for intermediate surfers – decent energy, manageable size, and absolutely no wind messing it up. Crowds are sometimes an issue here, so you might have some company.
After that, the swell keeps comin’ but the wind gets messy. There’s a monster pulse on Thursday the 6th of August – 13ft southerly swell – but the cross-shore and cross-onshore winds ruin the party. That’s more of a kitesurfin’ setup than a paddle session. And the following week gets lumpy with rain and onshore winds, so the quality drops right off.
So the real highlights are the two expert mornings on the 30th and 31st of July, and that lovely clean Sunday morning the 2nd of August for the masses. Don’t sleep on ’em, because the second week is mostly a write-off.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sun night, fresh winds from the W by Wed morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | ||||||||||||||
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) | S 11 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 9 | S 17 | ENE 6 | SSW 7 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 584 | 326 | 203 | 162 | 90 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 175 | 1316 | 991 | 1246 | 1354 | 1004 | 683 | 456 | 433 | 340 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | off | off | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 6:09PM1.59m | 6:54AM1.08m | 6:51PM1.65m | 7:37AM1.15m | 7:30PM1.70m | 8:16AM1.21m | 8:08PM1.73m | 8:53AM1.27m | 8:45PM1.73m | 9:29AM1.31m | 9:21PM1.70m | 10:05AM1.34m | 9:59PM1.64m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:07AM0.42m | 12:09PM0.54m | 1:43AM0.34m | 12:56PM0.51m | 2:18AM0.27m | 1:40PM0.47m | 2:52AM0.21m | 2:22PM0.45m | 3:26AM0.19m | 3:02PM0.43m | 3:59AM0.19m | 3:43PM0.42m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
 | 5:09 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:14 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 9 | S 8 | ENE 6 | S 7 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 584 | 326 | 203 | 162 | 90 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 761 | 991 | 1246 | 896 | 767 | 683 | 456 | 433 | 340 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 12 | ENE 4 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | S 7 | ENE 6 | E 12 | — | — | E 13 | E 13 | NE 8 | E 7 | S 16 | SE 13 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 128 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 13 | SE 14 | SE 16 | E 4 | SE 15 | S 15 | S 17 | SE 6 | S 16 | — | — | — | — | — | E 13 | E 12 | E 7 | S 14 |
| kJ | — | — | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | — | NW 2 | — | WNW 3 | WSW 3 | SSW 7 | S 10 | — | — | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 7 | 175 | 1316 | — | — | 1354 | 1004 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 109 | 128 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
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