Surf Forecasts:
57th Street surf forecast from 14 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 17 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, S swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 17 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period, S swell with 165 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 17 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with S 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 17) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 6s period. 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 1.5m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 17) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.5m 4s period and expected on Monday (Aug 17) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Mon 17th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Mon 17th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Mon 17th Aug) | 5ft (1.5m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 57th Street over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's be real with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for 57th Street. We've got a lot of small, chopped-up surf on the cards, and it's gonna take a while before anything worth paddling out for shows up.
The first real chance of anything surfable doesn't hit until Monday the 17th. Even then, it's pretty weak, with the swell around 3ft and a period of 6 seconds. The energy is still weak, sitting at 55, and it's coming from the SSE. The wind is light and cross-offshore in the morning, which will keep it clean, but it's just not going to have any push. The water is running about 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.
Honestly, the whole stretch from then on is the same story: we're stuck seeing wave heights under 3ft, and a lot of wind chop. There are a few windows of clean conditions here and there—like Thursday the 20th with a 3ft swell and light cross-offshore winds—but it's just "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." The energy is mostly weak to moderate, with a number in the low tens, 20s, or 30s, except for a couple of bigger pulses in the 80s and 90s but those are rare.
There is one bright spot near the end of the forecast. On Friday the 28th, we finally see a bit of a jump in energy, with the combined energy hitting 120 in the morning and 117 in the afternoon. The swell is still small at 2ft, but the period stretches out to 11 seconds, which should give it a bit more shape. The wind is offshore all day, so it should be clean, maybe even glassy for a few hours. That’s the best of a bad bunch, and it’s a long way out, so treat it as promising but not a sure thing.
Saturday the 29th looks similar, with 2ft waves and a light offshore in the morning. By the afternoon, the wind dies completely and it's glassy, with the energy even bumping up to 133. That might be the pick of the whole window, but again, it's a week and a half away, so don't book your tickets just yet.
The bottom line is this: there are going to be a lot of flat, blown-out days ahead. We’re looking at a stretch of nearly two weeks with very little to get excited about. If you’ve got a longboard and some patience, you might find a clean little ankle-biter on the 28th or 29th, but for proper waves, you're going to need to wait for a change in the pattern.
This is Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri night, min 20°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | S 6 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | S 5 | SE 3 | SSE 4 | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 |
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 kJ | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 99 | 53 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 75 | 37 | 24 | 60 | 53 | 33 | 8 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:51AM1.41m | 10:04PM1.47m | 10:39AM1.40m | 10:51PM1.37m | 11:28AM1.37m | 11:39PM1.27m | 12:16PM1.33m | 00:28AM1.17m | 1:03PM1.29m | 1:17AM1.08m | 1:51PM1.24m | 2:07AM1.01m | 2:39PM1.20m | 3:00AM0.96m | |||||||
Low Tide | 3:54PM-0.06m | 4:25AM-0.14m | 4:41PM-0.02m | 5:05AM-0.07m | 5:27PM0.05m | 5:45AM0.01m | 6:14PM0.14m | 6:25AM0.11m | 7:04PM0.22m | 7:09AM0.20m | 8:03PM0.29m | 8:02AM0.28m | 9:07PM0.32m | ||||||||
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 | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
 | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:46 | — |
mm | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 31 |
Feels °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 33 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 | SE 9 | — | — | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 |
| kJ | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 53 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 75 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 28 | 20 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 5 | S 6 | S 5 | — | SE 9 | — | — | — | E 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | SE 9 | SE 10 | NE 5 | SSE 6 | — | — | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 7 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | E 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 5 | SE 12 | S 5 | NE 5 | — | — | — | — | ESE 6 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ESE 3 | SE 3 | SSE 4 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | SE 2 | — | — | S 3 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 99 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 60 | 53 | 33 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1104 | 3186 | 1104 | 1413 | 1553 | 1413 | 1218 | 1166 | 62 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 175 | 77 | 1 | 295 | 523 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 255 |
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