Surf Forecasts:
8th Street Jetty surf forecast from 13 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 19 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period, SE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 16 Aug, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period, S swell with 159 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 19 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SE 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 (Aug 19) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 11s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 4s. Another secondary swell of 0.4m and 4s is also forecast. 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 1.5m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 16) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.7m 7s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 16) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Wed 19th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 11s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Wed 19th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Sun 16th Aug) | 5ft (1.5m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 8th Street Jetty over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for 8th Street Jetty over the next couple of weeks.
Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with ya – this is a rough stretch. We're looking at a proper dry spell for the most part. The first ten days or so are barely gonna wet your board. The water temp is sitting at 78°, which is a good few degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, so that's a nice bonus if you're just going for a swim or a paddle.
From Thursday the 13th right through to late in the week, it's pretty much a write-off. We're talking tiny knee-high slop, with swell energy sitting in the single digits and teens (7 to 26). Winds are mostly cross-off or cross-on, but it doesn't matter 'cause there's nothing to ride. Sunday the 16th afternoon sees a bump up to 4 ft from the south, but with fresh cross-onshore wind at 22 mph making it lumpy, that's a pass for me. Monday the 17th is flat as a pancake with zero energy.
We get a little glimmer of hope Thursday the 20th morning. The call is surfable waves but very ordinary conditions with a tiny 2 ft swell from the SSW (energy 68) and a slight 3 mph NNE breeze. It's clean, but honestly, it's barely enough to get excited about.
Then the end of the month looks a bit more interesting, but it comes with a big caveat. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th see a proper pulse of windswell filling in from the east, with wave heights jumping to 5 ft and 6 ft on the 27th (energy 209 and 309!). That's significant energy for this spot. However, it's a short-period windswell (6 to 7 seconds) and the wind is a consistent cross-onshore from the east-southeast at 9 mph, which is going to chop it right up. At 6 ft and chopped out, that's advanced water only. Honestly, with that onshore flow and the beach/jetty setup, this late-August pulse looks more interesting for the kite surfers than for us paddle surfers.
There's no standout session in this forecast window. The best of a bad bunch is probably the morning of Thursday the 20th for a desperate, tiny, clean ankle-snatcher, and then the bigger but messier days on the 27th and 28th for the experts who don't mind a fight.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | E 11 | E 13 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | NE 3 | ENE 4 | E 5 | SSE 5 | S 4 | S 6 | S 7 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | SE 16 | SE 9 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 9 |
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 kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 50 | 42 | 35 | 22 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:27AM1.27m | 9:41PM1.40m | 10:16AM1.29m | 10:29PM1.34m | 11:04AM1.28m | 11:16PM1.26m | 11:53AM1.26m | 00:04AM1.16m | 12:41PM1.22m | 00:53AM1.07m | 1:28PM1.18m | 1:42AM0.99m | 2:16PM1.13m | 2:32AM0.92m | |||||||
Low Tide | 4:06PM-0.07m | 4:45AM-0.15m | 4:56PM-0.06m | 5:27AM-0.12m | 5:43PM-0.02m | 6:07AM-0.07m | 6:29PM0.05m | 6:47AM0.01m | 7:16PM0.13m | 7:27AM0.10m | 8:06PM0.20m | 8:11AM0.19m | 9:05PM0.26m | ||||||||
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 | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
 | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:47 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 27 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | ENE 5 | — | — | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 117 | 51 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 61 | 50 | 42 | 35 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | — | — | NNE 4 | NE 4 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | E 11 | E 13 | E 13 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 16 | SE 14 | — | ENE 4 | NE 4 | E 4 | — |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 3 | W 3 | — | — | NE 3 | ENE 4 | E 5 | SSE 5 | S 4 | S 6 | WNW 3 | — | W 2 | — | NE 4 | E 4 | — | — | ESE 2 | S 3 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 105 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3190 | 2431 | 972 | 1098 | 3252 | 540 | 2359 | 2348 | 1372 | 1418 | 1434 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 188 | 190 | 964 | 68 | 287 | 650 | 413 |
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