Surf Forecasts:
5th Street surf forecast from 7 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 10 Sep, 5PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period, S swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 10 Sep, 8PM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period, SSW swell with 112 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 10 Sep, 5PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with S swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 5th Street this week:
The surf forecast for 5th Street over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 10) at 5PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.8m and 6s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 9s. Another secondary swell of 0.1m and 7s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at 5th Street in the next 16 days are 1.2m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 10) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5PM (Thu 10th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 5PM (Thu 10th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Thu 10th Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 5th Street over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, it’s Rusty here.
Let’s be straight: the next couple of weeks at 5th Street are looking flat and pretty ordinary. There’s a big gap with nothing on the cards to start, and we’re not talking about waves worth getting excited about for a while. The swell energy is weak, and there’s no real groundswell lining up. You’ll be waiting a long time for anything that even resembles a rideable wave.
Starting off, Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th are dead. Nothing doing, just dribbles. The water temp is sitting at 78°, a massive 6° warmer than normal, so it feels like a bath, but that doesn't help the surf.
We finally see a little pulse around Wednesday the 9th, but the swell stays small and the wind turns cross-onshore and lumpy by afternoon. Not worth it. Thursday the 10th morning has a bit more size, around 3ft from the SSW, and the wind is cross-offshore and clean, but it’s still weak with only 92 combined energy. You’d be scratching for anything.
The long gap continues. From Friday the 11th through to the middle of the next week, it's grim. The swell stays under 3ft, periods are short, and there’s a lot of onshore or cross-onshore wind. There is a glassy morning on Monday the 14th, but the swell is only 2ft with nothing behind it – a tease.
The best of a bad bunch comes around Saturday the 19th. The morning brings a clean 3ft from the south with light offshore winds, and the energy picks up to 75. It’s a long way off, so call it promising but not certain. The period is still short, so don't expect power. The following Tuesday the 22nd has a little more size at 3ft from the ENE, but the wind swings cross-on and it gets choppy.
Honestly, a blank run for 5th Street. The spot is consistent, so it won't stay poor for long, but for the next two weeks you'd be chasing your tail. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, there's nothing here that gets the heart rate up.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 102 | 80 | 47 | 49 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 33 | 22 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | on | glassy | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 5:59PM1.34m | 6:38AM1.17m | 6:57PM1.39m | 7:30AM1.27m | 7:47PM1.43m | 8:16AM1.36m | 8:32PM1.43m | 9:00AM1.41m | 9:15PM1.40m | 9:41AM1.42m | 9:55PM1.34m | 10:22AM1.40m | 10:35PM1.26m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:29AM0.04m | 12:35PM0.06m | 1:20AM-0.02m | 1:31PM0.01m | 2:09AM-0.07m | 2:23PM-0.04m | 2:54AM-0.10m | 3:12PM-0.05m | 3:36AM-0.09m | 3:57PM-0.04m | 4:16AM-0.06m | 4:39PM-0.00m | 4:53AM-0.00m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — |
 | 7:20 | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:09 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 2 | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 6 | ENE 4 | — | S 5 | E 7 | SSE 5 | E 4 | SSE 4 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | SE 6 | — | — | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 6 | ENE 4 | S 5 | E 8 | — | — | S 5 | NE 4 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SW 2 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | S 6 | — | NE 3 | — | — | ESE 3 | ESE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 3 | S 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 102 | 80 | 47 | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 102 | 106 | 165 | 776 | 302 | 366 | 1394 | 776 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 93 | 544 | 1103 | 1096 | 290 | 70 | 106 | 17 |
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