Surf Forecasts:
57th Street surf forecast from 18 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 24 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period, SSE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 22 Aug, 5PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period, E swell with 72 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 24 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 57th Street this week:
The surf forecast for 57th Street over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 24) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.6m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 12s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at 57th Street in the next 16 days are 1.1m 6s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 22) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 3s period and expected on Wednesday (Aug 19) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Mon 24th Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Mon 24th Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 57th Street over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for 57th Street.
To be honest, this is a tough stretch. We’ve got a 16-day window, but the first real chance at anything surfable doesn’t show up until Monday, the 24th of August, and even then it’s pretty flat. From now right through the weekend of the 23rd, it’s just tiny dribbles and poor conditions, so you’re looking at a solid 5–6 day gap of nothing worth paddling out for.
Alright, let’s run through it. On Monday morning the 24th, we get a small pulse from the south at 2 ft, cross-off wind from the WNW keeping it clean. The wave energy is weak (38). It’s surfable, but barely worth mentioning. Tuesday the 25th is a write-off with onshore winds.
Now, Wednesday the 26th of August has a little something interesting. Early morning, we get a clean, glassy session with a WSW breeze and a tiny 1 ft swell from the southeast, but the period is a very long 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell timing. The combined energy bumps up to a moderate 92. For a beginner sandbar like 57th Street, that long period might make it a bit tricky – those waves will tend to stand up and break more suddenly at a beach break like this. It’s not going to be big, but if you’re out there first light, you might find a fun little clean wave.
Looking further out, the end of August into September shows the swell energy climbing. On Sunday the 30th of August, we’ve got a 3 ft swell from the southeast with a 12-second period and a moderate cross-shore wind. The combined energy hits a strong 305. That’s the most power we see in the whole forecast. But the wind isn’t ideal, and the water’s going to be choppy. It’s still surfable for a sandbar, but not a standout.
Through the first couple days of September, it fades back to tiny junk with cross-onshore winds.
If I had to pick the best single moment in this whole outlook, it’d be the early morning of Wednesday the 26th of August – that glassy, long-period groundswell, even though it’s small. The water temp is a touch warmer than normal at 77°, which never hurts. Nothing here is worth getting too excited about, but for the patient local who just wants to get wet, that’s your window.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ENE 4 | ESE 9 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | S 5 | SE 12 | S 7 | SE 12 | SE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 26 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 42 | 72 | 46 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 19 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 1:03PM1.29m | 1:17AM1.08m | 1:51PM1.24m | 2:07AM1.01m | 2:39PM1.20m | 3:00AM0.96m | 3:31PM1.18m | 3:58AM0.94m | 4:28PM1.18m | 4:59AM0.95m | 5:24PM1.21m | 5:56AM1.00m | 6:17PM1.26m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 7:04PM0.22m | 7:09AM0.20m | 8:03PM0.29m | 8:02AM0.28m | 9:07PM0.32m | 9:04AM0.32m | 10:09PM0.31m | 10:05AM0.32m | 11:03PM0.27m | 11:00AM0.29m | 11:51PM0.21m | 11:50AM0.24m | 00:36AM0.15m | ||||||||
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 | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — |
 | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:40 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
Feels °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | SE 7 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | SE 4 | SE 13 | SE 13 | E 6 | E 6 | S 5 | S 5 | S 7 | S 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 26 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 12 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 13 | ENE 3 | SE 11 | SE 10 | S 5 | — | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | ENE 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 9 | — | E 8 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | ENE 6 | SE 12 | ESE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 34 | 19 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 12 | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | — | S 3 | — | S 4 | E 15 | SE 15 | — | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | E 5 | E 7 | — | E 7 |
| kJ | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 2 | — | — | — | WSW 2 | SSW 3 | — | — | — | ENE 3 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 5 | E 6 | — | — | S 5 | — | — | WSW 2 | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 72 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 192 | 312 | 28 | 124 | 593 | 495 | 289 | 562 | 451 | 536 | 2630 | 474 | 409 | 409 | 593 | 588 | 96 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 57 |
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