Surf Forecasts:
8th Street Jetty surf forecast from 16 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 21 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period, S swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 21 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period, S swell with 154 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 21 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period with S 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 Tuesday (Jul 21) at 8PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.5m and 5s period. 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 1.5m 6s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 21) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore 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+) | 8PM (Tue 21st Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 5s |
| Best Surf | 8PM (Tue 21st Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 5s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Tue 21st Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 8th Street Jetty over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, I'm gonna level with you – this is a rough one for 8th Street Jetty. For the next two weeks, the surf is mostly flat and the wind is doing you no favors. You're looking at a long stretch of nothing.
For the first week and a half, from Thursday the 16th through the end of the month, wave heights are almost all under 2 feet. The swell energy is weak, mostly in the single digits and low teens (7 to 48), and the wind is almost always on it or side-shore, making for a choppy, bumpy mess. You'll get a few clean windows here and there – like Sunday the 19th afternoon with a moderate offshore NW wind, or Tuesday the 21st afternoon with a clean side-offshore, but the swell is barely there. It's a lot of waiting for nothing.
The only real glimmer of hope comes at the very end of the run. Look at Friday the 31st of July afternoon. We've got a glassy, dead calm W wind, and the swell bumps up to about 3 feet from the SE with a period of 7 seconds. The combined energy hits 79 – still weak, but it's the best we've seen in two weeks. The conditions are glassy, and for a spot that's advanced-level only, that's your window. It's not a standout by any stretch, but it's the only time the wind and swell line up for a clean, surfable wave. The swell direction is from the SE, which is a bit off from the optimum NE for this jetty, so don't expect perfection, but it'll be the best of a bad lot.
Water temp is sitting at a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, around 76°, but that's a small comfort when the waves are this small.
So, if you're desperate, pencil in the 31st of July for a late-afternoon session. Otherwise, it's a long, quiet spell ahead.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | S 4 | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | SE 8 | SE 14 | SSE 4 | S 6 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SSE 8 | NE 5 | SE 12 | E 12 | SE 12 | SSE 4 | E 5 | E 5 | NE 5 | SE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | glassy |
High Tide | 10:40AM1.22m | 10:52PM1.38m | 11:34AM1.23m | 11:45PM1.30m | 12:28PM1.22m | 00:36AM1.21m | 1:19PM1.20m | 1:27AM1.12m | 2:08PM1.18m | 2:17AM1.03m | 2:56PM1.16m | 3:07AM0.96m | 3:45PM1.13m | 4:00AM0.90m | |||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 8:12AM0.05m | 8:46PM0.20m | 9:02AM0.12m | 9:49PM0.24m | 9:55AM0.18m | 10:50PM0.25m | ||||||||
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 | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — |
 | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:19 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
Feels °C | 29 | 32 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | SE 8 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 4 | SE 13 | SE 13 | S 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | E 12 | E 4 | SE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 114 | 75 | 94 | 47 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 93 | 127 | 75 | 27 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | — | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — | E 8 | SE 13 | SE 13 | — | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | SE 12 | — | SE 12 | E 5 | E 5 | — | SE 9 |
| kJ | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | E 14 | — | SE 14 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 12 | — | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | — | — | NE 4 |
| kJ | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 4 | — | — | E 3 | SSE 2 | — | SSE 4 | S 6 | W 4 | WNW 2 | NNE 3 | NE 5 | — | SSE 7 | S 7 | SSE 4 | — | N 3 | NE 5 | — |
| kJ | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | — | 46 | 44 | 31 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1415 | 1434 | 964 | 964 | 964 | 1415 | 972 | 29 | 2195 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 252 | 334 | 112 | 119 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 307 | 8 |
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