Surf Forecasts:
Horace Caldwell Pier surf forecast from 15 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 18 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period, ESE swell with 161 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Horace Caldwell Pier this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Horace Caldwell Pier in the next 16 days are 1.3m 7s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 18) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Fri 18th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Horace Caldwell Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s call it like it is – this 16-day stretch is mostly flat and sloppy. There’s only a couple of tiny windows where things look a little less grim. Most days the swell is small, the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, and the waves are just poor.
For the first break, Horace Caldwell Pier, the water is 86°F and that’s about 3°F warmer than normal – a touch warmer than usual, but nothing wild.
Right now and for most of the next week and a half, we’re looking at tiny, weak waves. The combined swell energy is mostly in the weak range, often below 100 (like 50, 45, 42), and the swell period is a short 5 seconds. That’s windswell, not groundswell. Wind is from the SSE, ESE, or E at 12 to 16 mph, and that onshore or cross-onshore breeze is just messing up what little is there. The first recommendation is for 14 September, Monday morning, but it’s scored a 0 – tells you everything.
We get a tiny glimmer on Thursday the 24th of September, in the morning. The wind swings to the NW at 6 mph, so that’s offshore and clean. The swell is 3 ft from the ENE with a 5-second period, and the combined energy is 94 – still weak, but the conditions are clean. It’s scored just a 1, so it’s surfable but very ordinary. That’s as good as it gets.
The next morning on Friday the 25th of September has another brief offshore window – NW wind again, 6 mph, with 3 ft from the ENE (combined energy 63). Clean conditions, but tiny.
Other than that, it’s a whole lot of nothing. From the start up to the 24th, we’ve got about 10 days of poor surf. Then from the 25th onward, it fizzles back into onshore junk.
If you’re really itching, the 24th and 25th of September early mornings are your only real chance – clean with light offshore wind, but the waves are small and weak. For beginners, the swell is well under 5 ft, so it’s not dangerous, just small. Crowds? This spot gets crowded sometimes, but with this lack of size, it might not be too bad.
Overall, it’s a dry spell. A blank run like this is normal for this area when the summer patterns fade. Forecasts can change, but right now, we’re stuck in the doldrums.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 28°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Thu night, min 27°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Thu night, light winds from the E by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | E 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | E 6 | ESE 6 | SSE 4 |
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 kJ | 47 | 42 | 66 | 39 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 122 | 139 | 99 | 82 | 58 | 60 | 52 | 18 | 11 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:33PM0.54m | 8:50PM0.55m | 10:05PM0.56m | 11:22PM0.56m | 2:11AM0.57m | 3:04AM0.57m | 3:51AM0.56m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:25AM0.17m | 00:51AM0.44m | 12:03PM0.15m | 1:59AM0.49m | 12:48PM0.13m | 1:45PM0.13m | 00:17AM0.56m | 2:52PM0.13m | 4:00PM0.13m | 5:01PM0.13m | |||||||||||
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 | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
 | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:27 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Feels °C | 31 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 5 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 5 | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 8 | E 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 58 | 60 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSE 7 | — | ESE 8 | SE 7 | — | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | E 8 | — | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 8 | SE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | — | ESE 5 | E 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | — | — | ESE 6 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 |
| kJ | 47 | 42 | 66 | 39 | 34 | 35 | — | 15 | 33 | — | 39 | 122 | 139 | 99 | 82 | — | — | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1060 | 1162 | 1055 | 1060 | 1160 | 1055 | 1055 | 1054 | 1055 | 1060 | 1332 | 943 | 1060 | 1160 | 1055 | 132 | 1175 | 1055 | 1060 | 1162 | 1055 |
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