Surf Forecasts:
8th Street Jetty surf forecast from 10 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 15 Sep, 2PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, ESE swell with 80 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 8th Street Jetty this week:
The most powerful waves expected at 8th Street Jetty in the next 16 days are 1.0m 6s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 15) at 2PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 6s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 10) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2PM (Tue 15th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 8th Street Jetty over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let's get into it. It's Rusty here.
Well, I gotta be straight with you—this is one of those outlooks where you might as well leave the board in the car for a good long while. We're looking at a real dry spell at 8th Street Jetty. For the next couple of weeks, the waves are mostly on the small side, with a lot of onshore or cross-shore wind messing things up. The good news is, the water's way warmer than usual, sitting at a balmy 77°F, which is a solid 6°F above normal. That's weird, but it's not going to help the surf.
Right from the get-go, Thursday the 10th, we've got a tiny 1 ft swell with a weak energy reading of just 15, and it's too small to bother with. Friday and Saturday are pretty much the same story—small, weak, and disappointing. We're looking at a gap of almost no surf worth mentioning right through until the end of the third week of September.
Now, things start to get interesting around Wednesday the 24th and Thursday the 25th of September, but it's a whole different story. We get a solid pulse of easterly swell. On Thursday morning the 24th, we’ve got a 5 ft swell from the east, and the energy jumps way up to 235 (moderate). What makes this a standout is the wind. It's a clean, cross-offshore breeze from the northwest at 19 mph. The afternoon gets even better—offshore wind from the northwest at 19 mph, holding that 5 ft east swell (200 energy). This is the cleanest the place is going to look, by a fair margin.
By Friday the 25th, the swell builds a little more, hitting 6 ft to 6 ft from the east, with strong combined energy readings of 280 to 352. That's moderate to strong wave energy. The problem? The wind swings around to the southwest at 16 mph, turning cross-shore and bringing a chop. It’s still surfable for someone who knows what they're doing, but it’s not the pristine, groomed lines we saw on Thursday.
Honestly, the one true standout in this whole 16-day mess is Thursday the 24th of September. The combination of that easterly groundswell and the solid offshore wind is your best bet. Just remember, the swell period is only 7-8 seconds, so it's a shorter-period wind swell, not a long, drawn-out groundswell. The waves will be a bit steeper and more crumbly than you'd get with a 12-second period.
The rest of the time? Small, blown out, or too choppy to really get excited about. For the most part, it's a waiting game.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 22°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 4 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | E 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | S 4 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 13 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 60 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 72 | 68 | 45 | 28 | 11 | 12 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 8:19AM1.28m | 8:34PM1.36m | 9:05AM1.33m | 9:19PM1.33m | 9:48AM1.34m | 10:02PM1.27m | 10:31AM1.33m | 10:45PM1.19m | 11:15AM1.28m | 11:30PM1.11m | 11:59AM1.23m | 00:18AM1.02m | 12:45PM1.16m | 1:07AM0.95m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:58PM-0.05m | 3:31AM-0.11m | 3:48PM-0.06m | 4:14AM-0.10m | 4:34PM-0.04m | 4:54AM-0.07m | 5:18PM-0.01m | 5:31AM-0.00m | 6:00PM0.05m | 6:08AM0.07m | 6:43PM0.12m | 6:44AM0.16m | 7:28PM0.20m | ||||||||
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 | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — |
 | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:05 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 24 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | ESE 9 | S 5 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | E 15 | E 15 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | S 4 |
| kJ | 60 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 22 | — | 60 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 11 | 12 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 7 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | E 4 | S 5 | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | ESE 5 | SSE 6 | S 5 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | E 7 |
| kJ | 13 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 15 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | — | E 8 | S 6 | — | — | E 8 | E 7 | S 4 | S 4 | S 6 | SE 5 | — | — | — | — | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | S 6 | — | ENE 3 | E 4 | — | SE 3 | SE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 4 | E 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | — | S 4 | S 4 |
| kJ | 115 | 33 | — | 7 | 5 | — | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 42 | 72 | 68 | — | — | 9 | 12 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 9 | 52 | 59 | 24 | 183 | 284 | 1176 | 455 | 4 | 9 | 162 | 59 | 52 | 190 | 541 | 1171 | 2510 | 1199 | 21 | 2348 | 363 |
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