Surf Forecasts:
8th Street Jetty surf forecast from 6 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 8 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, ENE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 8 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period, ENE swell with 74 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 8 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ENE 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 Wednesday (Jul 08) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 6s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 9s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at 8th Street Jetty in the next 16 days are 1.1m 6s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 08) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 5s period and expected on Friday (Jul 10) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Wed 8th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Wed 8th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Wed 8th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 8th Street Jetty over the next 16 days.
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Right. Grab a coffee, sit down, and let’s talk about 8th Street Jetty. If you’re thinking about getting wet here, you’re going to need some patience—and maybe a packed lunch. This is a period of almost constant underpowered, short-period slop, and not once does the forecast give us anything worth paddling out for. The combined energy levels just flop around between 6 and 149 the whole way through, but the swell heights rarely even nudge past 3 ft and the periods are mostly tiny.
Water temp is about average for the time of year. Nothing unusual there.
From Monday, 6th July right through to Saturday, 18th July, there isn’t a single session worth chasing. Swell heights hover from 0.3 ft up to, at best, 5 ft on the afternoon of Saturday the 18th. That slight bump in height brings 5 ft from the south, but look closer: the period is a weak 6 seconds, the combined energy is still only a moderate 149, and the wind is onshore and moderate. It’s a messy, choppy, short-period windswell. Nothing a surfer would paddle for. 8th Street is a beach/jetty setup, and with that much wind and that poor shape, it’s more of a kite-surfing vibe than a paddle-surfing one.
The cleanest windows fall on the morning of Friday the 17th of July—that little 0.7 ft glassy morning with the wind a whisper. But 0.7 ft at 7 seconds? That’s not surf. Not even a splash. That same morning shows a combined energy of just 8. It’s a teardrop.
There are long gaps here. After the 17th, we stretch all the way to Tuesday the 21st for the last data, and still nothing changes—roof-high dribble from the southeast with tiny energy numbers. No standouts. No clean groundswell events. The swell direction never properly aligns with the optimum NE directional window for this spot either.
So the honest word from me is this: park the board. It’s going to be a flat, frustrating run. 8th Street Jetty needs a proper east or northeast groundswell with some size and a clean wind, and we’ve got none of that in sight. Sometimes these extended flat spells are just normal for this area, and right now, it’s one of those times. Forecasts can flick around, but this one looks set to be stubborn.
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | S 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 7 | SE 9 | E 7 | S 5 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | E 5 | E 5 | SE 10 |
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 kJ | 11 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 69 | 50 | 51 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 00:50AM1.10m | 1:32PM1.09m | 1:40AM1.06m | 2:19PM1.14m | 2:34AM1.03m | 3:11PM1.19m | 3:34AM1.00m | 4:09PM1.24m | 4:42AM0.99m | 5:13PM1.29m | 5:52AM1.01m | 6:18PM1.35m | 6:58AM1.06m | 7:19PM1.41m | |||||||
Low Tide | 7:38AM0.07m | 8:06PM0.24m | 8:23AM0.09m | 9:15PM0.24m | 9:19AM0.10m | 10:30PM0.21m | 10:24AM0.09m | 11:37PM0.15m | 11:28AM0.07m | 00:39AM0.07m | 12:30PM0.04m | 1:38AM-0.00m | 1:30PM-0.00m | ||||||||
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 | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — |
 | 8:28 | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:24 |
mm | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
Feels °C | 26 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 9 | E 6 | E 7 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | S 5 | S 6 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | E 5 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 3 | — | SSW 5 | ENE 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | ESE 10 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 7 | SE 10 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NE 4 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | E 8 | — | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 7 | — | SE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | — | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | — | 4 | 9 | 14 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | S 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | — | — | — | S 3 | S 5 | — | W 3 | — | NE 4 | ENE 5 | — | E 5 | E 6 |
| kJ | 6 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 69 | 50 | — | — | — | 5 | 57 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 27 | — | 14 | 17 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1175 | 67 | 1544 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 168 | 42 | 458 | 9 | 108 | 509 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 59 | 170 | 307 | 307 | 420 | 1098 |
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