Surf Forecasts:
Freshwater Bay surf forecast from 11 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 13 Aug, 4AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period, E swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 12 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, E swell with 108 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 13 Aug, 4AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with E 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 Thursday (Aug 13) at 4AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 5s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 9s. Another secondary swell of 0.1m and 6s is also forecast. 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 1.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 12) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 13) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 4AM (Thu 13th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 5s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Thu 13th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 5s |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Wed 12th Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Freshwater Bay over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what the next couple of weeks have in store for us at Freshwater Bay.
To be straight with you, it’s looking like a tough run. We’ve got a long dry spell of nothing worth paddling out for stretching from now, Tuesday the 11th of August, all the way into the third week. The swell energy is sitting in the weak zone, mostly reading between 1 and 42 (combined energy of all swells directed here), and that's not going to get the heart racing. Winds are mostly cross-on or cross, and the wave heights are just tiny puffs—0.7ft to 3ft of short-period rubbish. It’s clean on a few mornings, but with next to no swell, clean doesn’t mean surfable.
The only real spike in the whole window comes on Saturday the 22nd of August. The afternoon sees a jump to 6ft from the WSW, with the combined energy reading 200, so there's finally some moderate juice in the water. But here’s the kicker—it's accompanied by a fresh breeze swinging cross-shore, lumping it all up, and the period is only 6 seconds. It's a messy, short-period windswell. For a reef-and-point setup like Freshwater Bay, that long-period groundswell magic just isn’t there. The wave comment tells the whole story: poor surf conditions. It's the kind of afternoon that might look more interesting for the kite crew than for someone on a paddleboard. The rest of that day and the following morning are small again.
So, the honest truth? There’s no standout. No day you’d circle on the calendar. Freshwater Bay is usually a fairly consistent spot, so this blank run is a proper blow. But forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this quiet forever.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 5 | E 5 | E 6 | E 5 | E 4 | E 5 | WSW 9 | SW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 9 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 8 | W 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 7 | E 5 | W 7 | W 7 |
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 kJ | 36 | 27 | 108 | 22 | 16 | 64 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 1 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:41AM2.41m | 10:52PM2.52m | 11:32AM2.60m | 11:40PM2.65m | 12:17PM2.72m | 00:23AM2.72m | 12:59PM2.76m | 1:05AM2.71m | 1:38PM2.73m | 1:44AM2.63m | 2:16PM2.63m | 2:22AM2.49m | 2:52PM2.48m | 2:59AM2.32m | |||||||
Low Tide | 3:39PM0.31m | 4:06AM-0.07m | 4:26PM0.17m | 4:51AM-0.23m | 5:11PM0.08m | 5:34AM-0.30m | 5:53PM0.05m | 6:15AM-0.27m | 6:34PM0.08m | 6:55AM-0.16m | 7:15PM0.18m | 7:35AM0.04m | 7:56PM0.34m | ||||||||
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 | 5:46 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
 | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:22 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 17 |
Feels °C | 15 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 6 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 9 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | NE 4 | W 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WNW 2 | W 7 | E 5 | E 6 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 17 | — | 18 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | W 12 | SW 6 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 9 | — | WSW 10 | — | — | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | NE 4 | WSW 8 | — | WSW 8 | W 7 | — | W 7 | W 7 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | — | 19 | — | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 5 | E 5 | E 6 | E 5 | E 4 | E 5 | — | SW 4 | NW 3 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | NNW 3 | NNE 4 | WSW 8 | N 3 | NE 4 | ENE 3 | E 3 | E 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 36 | 27 | 108 | 22 | 16 | 64 | — | 24 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 62 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 430 | 343 | 198 | 182 | 116 | 15 | 169 | 268 | 201 | 187 | 284 | 161 | 187 | 260 | 366 | 472 | 367 | 443 | 584 | 282 | 216 |
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