Surf Forecasts:
Freshwater and Harbord surf forecast from 3 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 11 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period, SSE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 7 Jul, 4PM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period, SSE swell with 1,933 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 11 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Freshwater and Harbord this week:
The surf forecast for Freshwater and Harbord over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 11) at 4AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.7m and 10s period. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Freshwater and Harbord in the next 16 days are 3.0m 11s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 07) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 3.5m 11s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 05) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 4AM (Sat 11th Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Sat 11th Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Tue 7th Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 11s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Freshwater and Harbord over the next 16 days.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Alright, Rusty here again, but in feet and miles.
Right now, it’s a rough start. The first couple of days serve up tiny, weak swell out of the northeast, with messy cross-shore winds. The water temp is about normal for the time of year, nothing wild.
We go into a real lull from around the 5th of July through the morning of the 6th – practically flat. Then things flip. Monday the 6th brings a jump to 8ft of swell out of the SSE (combined energy of 1110). That’s a solid pulse, but the wind is straight onshore and it’s choppy. Not a clean wave.
Best of the bunch, if you’ve got the skills, is Tuesday the 7th morning. You’ve got 8ft of SSE swell with a 10-second period, and the wind is cross-shore (combined energy of 2147). It’s lumpy and the tide might be tricky, but that’s the most juice we see all week. For the brave, there’s some grunty walls at Freshwater and Harbord.
For the rest of the week, the swell holds around 7ft to 8ft, but the wind stays bad – mostly cross-on or onshore. By Saturday the 11th, the swell drops to 5ft, and we finally get light cross-offshore in the morning and even glassy conditions in the afternoon. Waves are small and ordinary, but at least it’s clean. Water temp is about normal.
Then we hit a wall. From Sunday the 12th onward, the swell fades to nothing. By the 14th and 15th, it’s flat with gusty cross-off winds. That blank patch runs through the middle of the month. Only a tiny 4ft pulse shows late on Thursday the 16th, but with strong cross-off winds and messy conditions.
The last few days stay poor. Swell is small, wind is howling. The only real window all outlook is that Tuesday the 7th morning. It’s not perfect, but it’s the standout. Beginners should sit this one out – that 8ft is too big and messy, and the tiny stuff isn’t worth it.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon night, min 11°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Fri 10 | |||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | E 12 | E 8 | ENE 8 | E 13 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 28 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1181 | 1149 | 750 | 978 | 1933 | 1749 | 1394 | 1001 | 1473 | 1073 | 1846 | 1518 | 1096 | 1010 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 10:20PM1.48m | 11:13AM1.07m | 10:57PM1.42m | 11:57AM1.11m | 11:38PM1.35m | 12:44PM1.16m | 00:25AM1.26m | 1:34PM1.23m | 1:22AM1.17m | 2:29PM1.31m | 2:29AM1.09m | 3:26PM1.40m | 3:44AM1.04m | 4:25PM1.50m | |||||||
Low Tide | 5:08AM0.18m | 4:39PM0.45m | 5:43AM0.19m | 5:28PM0.48m | 6:20AM0.20m | 6:26PM0.50m | 7:01AM0.22m | 7:32PM0.50m | 7:48AM0.25m | 8:46PM0.46m | 8:40AM0.27m | 10:01PM0.38m | 9:38AM0.30m | ||||||||
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 | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — |
 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Feels °C | 7 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | S 11 | S 9 | S 12 | E 8 | E 13 | E 13 | E 14 | E 14 | S 10 | S 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 23 | S 15 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
| kJ | 28 | 510 | 235 | 132 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 277 | 108 | 1299 | 1338 | 1147 | 1001 | 11 | 109 | 1846 | 1518 | 1096 | 1010 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 8 | — | E 14 | E 13 | E 12 | ESE 14 | S 11 | S 10 | ESE 14 | ESE 12 | S 18 | ESE 10 | — | S 21 | S 20 | — |
| kJ | 11 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 12 | — | 14 | 14 | 12 | 121 | 88 | 75 | 105 | 86 | 6 | 19 | — | 8 | 7 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 18 | S 16 | — | — | S 15 | S 23 | S 23 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 7 | 13 | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | W 4 | — | S 8 | S 11 | S 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | — | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 11 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 93 | 12 | — | 127 | 2493 | 2667 | 1807 | 1181 | 1149 | 750 | 978 | 1933 | 1749 | 1394 | — | 1473 | 1073 | 2195 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 269 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 106 | 209 | 252 | 154 | 115 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
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