Surf Forecasts:
Freshwater Bay surf forecast from 2 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 4 Aug, 4AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period, WSW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 5 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period, WSW swell with 288 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 4 Aug, 4AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with WSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Freshwater Bay this week:
The surf forecast for Freshwater Bay over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Aug 04) at 4AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.8m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.5m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Freshwater Bay in the next 16 days are 1.9m 6s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 05) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 6s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 06) at 7AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 4AM (Tue 4th Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Tue 4th Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Wed 5th Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Freshwater Bay over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s break down what’s cookin’ for the next couple weeks. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – it’s a flat, quiet stretch with hardly anything to get excited about. We don’t see a real pulse of energy until the middle of the second week, so there’s a whole lot of waitin’ ahead.
The only spot on the radar is Freshwater Bay. It’s a reef and point that holds swell pretty steady but faces southwest. For the first 12 days, it’s one stinker after another – tiny waves, onshore junk, and barely any power. You’re lookin’ at combined swell energy in the single digits and low double digits, like 7 (weak energy) or 16 (weak energy), for days. The wind is mostly cross-on or cross, so it’s just choppy and poor.
The one day that might get your heart beatin’ a little is Saturday, August 15th in the morning. We finally see a bump of 1.5m from the east, with a combined swell energy of 166 (moderate wave energy) – the biggest of the whole forecast. The period is short though, only 6 seconds, so expect a lumpy windswell. Winds are light and cross-off, so the surface will be clean. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only game in town. Make the most of the morning because the afternoon gets messy with cross-shore wind.
That’s your one and only highlight, and it’s a slim one. For beginners, that 1.5m could be a handful with such a short period, but for the rest of us, it’s at least a paddle. The gap before it is brutal – from August 2nd right up to that morning, it’s basically flat. That’s nearly two weeks of nothin’.
Hang in there – the pattern’s gotta swing back at some point.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed morning, light winds from the N by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | E 5 | WSW 9 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 10 | W 4 | W 9 | W 9 | W 4 |
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 kJ | 7 | 7 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 67 | 24 | 75 | 112 | 202 | 125 | 0 | 77 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross | off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 2:16PM2.44m | 2:14AM2.35m | 2:52PM2.39m | 2:50AM2.27m | 3:28PM2.33m | 3:30AM2.18m | 4:09PM2.24m | 4:17AM2.08m | 4:56PM2.16m | 5:15AM2.00m | 5:54PM2.10m | 6:32AM1.97m | 7:11PM2.09m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:57AM0.02m | 7:14PM0.34m | 7:32AM0.07m | 7:52PM0.39m | 8:11AM0.17m | 8:35PM0.48m | 8:55AM0.31m | 9:24PM0.59m | 9:48AM0.49m | 10:27PM0.70m | 10:58AM0.66m | 11:51PM0.73m | 12:27PM0.72m | 1:17AM0.62m | |||||||
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 | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — |
 | — | 8:50 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:46 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 8:39 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | E 3 | WSW 8 | E 5 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 10 | W 4 | W 3 | — | W 4 |
| kJ | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 37 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 8 | SW 10 | WSW 9 | E 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | W 10 | — | W 9 | W 9 |
| kJ | — | 7 | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | W 9 | W 6 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | NE 3 | E 5 | — | — | W 4 | SW 8 | SW 4 | SW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | NW 3 | — | WSW 3 | NNW 3 | — | — | NNW 3 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 35 | — | — | 6 | 67 | 20 | 75 | 112 | 202 | 125 | 52 | 77 | 5 | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 481 | 282 | 196 | 196 | 218 | 220 | 322 | 157 | 346 | 249 | 346 | 18 | 284 | 303 | 282 | 371 | 475 | 348 | 356 | 596 | 282 |
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