Surf Forecasts:
57th Street surf forecast from 9 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 10 Sep, 11AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, SSW swell with 140 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 57th Street this week:
The most powerful waves expected at 57th Street in the next 16 days are 1.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 10) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 10) at 2PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Thu 10th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 57th Street over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab a coffee and listen up. It’s Rusty here.
We’ve got a grim sixteen-day stretch ahead for the local sandbar, 57th Street. To be straight with you, the surf is pretty much flat or junk for the whole run. The first sniff of anything worth paddling for doesn’t even show up until Wednesday the 16th of September, and even then, it’s barely a ripple. The whole first week is a write-off with tiny, weak swells and poor conditions. The combined energy is basically non-existent, sitting in the low double digits most days (17 to 91).
The only day that even gets a mention as “surfable” is the morning of Wednesday the 16th. The swell bumps up to 3 ft from the south, and the wind goes glassy—dead calm. That’s a rare gift. A 5-second period means it’s weak and crumbly, but clean. The water is running a very unusual 77°, which is 6° warmer than normal for this time of year. That is a seriously warm anomaly. For a beginner-friendly sandbar, those tiny, clean waves on the 16th morning are your one shot. Don’t expect much, but it’ll be better than the flat, choppy nothing that surrounds it.
After that brief moment, it’s back to poor surf and onshore or cross-shore winds. The whole setup is so small and messy, honestly, if you see any bump at all with that consistent ESE wind, it looks more interesting for a kite than a surfboard. A long run of nothing.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, calm by Fri night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 23°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 5 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SSE 4 |
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 kJ | 40 | 106 | 140 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 38 | 31 | 8 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:22PM1.48m | 7:54AM1.40m | 8:09PM1.48m | 8:40AM1.45m | 8:54PM1.45m | 9:23AM1.47m | 9:37PM1.39m | 10:06AM1.45m | 10:20PM1.30m | 10:50AM1.40m | 11:05PM1.21m | 11:34AM1.34m | 11:53PM1.12m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:44AM-0.10m | 1:56PM-0.05m | 2:29AM-0.12m | 2:46PM-0.06m | 3:12AM-0.11m | 3:32PM-0.05m | 3:52AM-0.07m | 4:16PM-0.01m | 4:29AM-0.01m | 4:58PM0.06m | 5:06AM0.08m | 5:41PM0.14m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — |
 | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 7:07 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 24 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | ESE 9 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 9 | SE 5 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 4 | 8 | 68 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | — | E 8 | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | — | E 15 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 31 | 19 | — | 4 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | E 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 15 | — | SE 14 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | NE 3 | — | — | SSE 5 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | — | — | — | — | SE 5 | ESE 6 | — | — | SSE 4 |
| kJ | 40 | 106 | 140 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 11 | 13 | 41 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 12 | — | — | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 769 | 646 | 5 | 44 | 77 | 64 | 1200 | 289 | 1176 | 968 | 62 | 5 | 84 | 110 | 64 | 167 | 536 | 85 | 1177 | 562 |
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