Surf Forecasts:
8th Street Jetty surf forecast from 13 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 16 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period, SSW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 19 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, S swell with 105 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 16 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 8th Street Jetty this week:
The surf forecast for 8th Street Jetty over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 16) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.1m and 5s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at 8th Street Jetty in the next 16 days are 1.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 19) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.4m 7s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 19) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Thu 16th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 5s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Thu 16th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 5s |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Sun 19th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 8th Street Jetty over the next 16 days.
Gather 'round, folks. Rusty here. Let's be straight with you—the next couple of weeks at 8th Street Jetty are looking like a write-off for any kind of proper surf. We're staring down a long, flat stretch, so don't be holding your breath for any waves worth paddling for.
Right from the get-go, Monday the 13th of July, we've got tiny 2ft swell from the ESE, with a short, weak period of 6 seconds. The combined energy is a paltry 34, and it's blown out with a SE onshore breeze. It's just poor surf conditions all morning, and that carries on into the afternoon. Not a thing to get excited about.
Tuesday the 14th is even worse, with the swell dropping to 1ft in the morning. A bit of cross-shore wind keeps it choppy. The energy is down to 17. Wednesday the 15th looks clean with a cross-offshore wind, but there’s no size to speak of, just 1ft to 2ft. It's a glassy ocean, but with barely a ripple of swell, it's just a flat, pretty pond.
Thursday the 16th kicks off with a light onshore breeze and a tiny 0.7ft swell, but it cleans up nicely in the afternoon with a cross-offshore wind. Still, the wave heights are pitiful. Friday the 17th is the same sad story; a 0.3ft groundswell from the east with a 15-second period sounds promising in theory, but the combined energy is just 7—it's a ghost of a wave. The weekend of the 18th and 19th does see a little bump, with 3ft on Saturday afternoon from the south, but it's coming with a moderate cross-onshore wind, making it choppy and messy with a poor rating. The energy climbs to 57, but the quality isn't there.
From there on out, from the 20th of July all the way through to the 28th, the pattern is just dead. We're looking at days of zero swell combined with flat conditions, or tiny 0.3ft to 1ft pulses that get chewed up by whatever wind is blowing. There's a risk of thunderstorms on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th, too. Even the clean days with offshore winds—like the 21st, 22nd, and 27th—have no waves at all. The combined energy values are mostly single digits or zero.
So, what's the bottom line? There are absolutely no standout options. Not one. This is a full 16-day gap of flatness. For a beach and jetty setup like this, sometimes you just get a blank run. It's a tough pill to swallow, but that's the way it is. If you absolutely have to get wet, you might be better off with a kite on Saturday the 18th when the wind picks up and there's a bit of chop, but for a paddle surfer? Stay home, wax your board for another day.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 36°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Wed night, min 20°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 4 | SSW 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSW 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 15 | E 15 | ENE 4 | S 3 | S 4 | S 5 | S 6 | SE 13 | SE 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 33 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 105 | 7 | 7 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:58AM1.12m | 8:15PM1.45m | 8:53AM1.17m | 9:08PM1.46m | 9:47AM1.21m | 10:01PM1.44m | 10:40AM1.22m | 10:52PM1.38m | 11:34AM1.23m | 11:45PM1.30m | 12:28PM1.22m | 00:36AM1.21m | 1:19PM1.20m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 2:34AM-0.07m | 2:29PM-0.04m | 3:29AM-0.12m | 3:27PM-0.06m | 4:21AM-0.16m | 4:23PM-0.07m | 5:10AM-0.17m | 5:15PM-0.05m | 5:56AM-0.15m | 6:05PM-0.01m | 6:41AM-0.10m | 6:56PM0.06m | 7:26AM-0.03m | 7:48PM0.13m | |||||||
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 | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — |
 | 8:24 | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 31 |
Feels °C | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 9 | ESE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 | SE 9 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 33 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 41 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | E 6 | E 7 | SE 9 | — | ESE 8 | ENE 3 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | SE 14 | SE 13 | — | SE 13 | SE 13 |
| kJ | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 12 | — | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | — | 7 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | S 6 | — | SSE 5 | ESE 5 | — | — | E 7 | — | — | ESE 8 | — | E 15 | E 15 | SE 8 | SE 14 | — | — | — | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ESE 6 | — | SW 2 | S 4 | SSW 5 | W 3 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | NNE 3 | — | S 3 | S 4 | S 5 | S 6 | W 3 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 21 | — | 1 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 62 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 9 | 43 | 105 | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 776 | 541 | 541 | 540 | 671 | 120 | 363 | 47 | 190 | 0 | 975 | 490 | 964 | 1098 | 964 | 1415 | 972 | 1415 | 116 | 3 | 67 |
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