Surf Forecasts:
Junkyards surf forecast from 4 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 8 Aug, 9PM (local time) - 25ft (7.5m), 12s period, W swell with cross-onshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 9 Aug, 3PM (local time) - 34ft (10.5m), 14s period, W swell with 45,910 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 5 Aug, 6AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Junkyards this week:
The surf forecast for Junkyards over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 05) at 6AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.5m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Junkyards in the next 16 days are 10.5m 14s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 09) at 3PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 10.0m 13s period and expected on Friday (Aug 07) at 9PM.
| Wave Type | Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 6AM (Wed 5th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 9PM (Sat 8th Aug) | 25ft (7.5m) 12s |
| Most Powerful | 3PM (Sun 9th Aug) | 34ft (10.5m) 14s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Junkyards over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab a seat and listen up. This is Rusty, and I’m looking at the charts for our local spot.
First up, the water is sitting at 87°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a nice little bonus.
Honestly, we’ve got a long, frustrating gap to start. From now until the end of the first week of August, there’s just nothing worth paddling out for. The waves are tiny, the wind is mostly cross or cross-on, and the energy is weak. You’ll be sitting on a flat board.
Then, things get wild, but not in a good way. Around the 8th and 9th of August, a massive swell hits. We’re talking 34ft swell from the west with a very long period of 14 seconds. The combined energy is off the charts (45910). This is a monster. But the wind is blowing a violent storm straight onshore. This is a hurricane-force mess. This is strictly for experts only, and even then, it’s dangerous.
That storm swell lingers, but by the 11th of August, it’s still too big and messy with strong cross-onshore winds. The 12th of August shows a drop to 6ft, but the wind is still light cross-onshore, making it a marginal, lumpy affair.
We finally get a stretch of clean, surfable waves from the 17th of August. The swell is small, around 3ft from the south (9-second period), and the wind turns cross-offshore or even offshore. The combined energy is weak (around 136), so it’s not going to be powerful, but it’s clean. This is a good window for a longboard or a fun board. The mornings on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of August are your best bet – light winds and clean conditions. The standout is the morning of the 18th and the 19th of August, when the wind goes truly offshore, giving you the cleanest, most rideable waves of the entire outlook. Don’t expect barrels, but it’s a solid, mellow session.
So, to sum it up: we have a long flat spell, then a dangerous, unrideable storm, followed by a few days of clean but small waves. The pick of the bunch is definitely the 18th and 19th of August.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 31°C on Tue afternoon, min 28°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue night, severe gales from the NNW by Fri morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 987mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 28°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the NNW on Fri night, gales from the SW by Mon morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 7 | E 18 | E 17 | E 18 | E 18 | E 17 | NNW 12 | NNW 13 | NW 12 | WNW 12 | W 12 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | WSW 13 | W 13 | WNW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 21 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13564 | 13739 | 19131 | 40833 | 45910 | 36078 | 23674 | 16375 | 6507 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 10:49PM2.01m | 11:26AM1.80m | 11:29PM1.96m | 12:40PM1.64m | 00:20AM1.89m | 2:33PM1.55m | 1:33AM1.83m | 4:33PM1.62m | 3:07AM1.83m | 5:46PM1.76m | 4:31AM1.92m | 6:33PM1.89m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 4:37PM0.68m | 5:16AM0.63m | 5:17PM0.88m | 6:17AM0.64m | 6:08PM1.08m | 7:37AM0.65m | 7:25PM1.25m | 9:12AM0.60m | 9:22PM1.33m | 10:37AM0.47m | 10:58PM1.26m | 11:41AM0.32m | 11:59PM1.13m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
 | 7:14 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:10 | — | — | 7:10 | — | — | 7:09 | — |
mm | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 177 | 125 | 144 | 257 | 105 | 81 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Temp °C | 31 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Feels °C | 34 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 17 | E 17 | E 17 | E 17 | E 18 | E 17 | E 18 | E 18 | E 17 | ENE 16 | ENE 13 | NE 13 | NNE 12 | S 11 | S 14 | — | ENE 15 | NNE 14 | E 15 | WNW 14 |
| kJ | 1555 | 2441 | 2860 | 3991 | 8227 | 11071 | 14091 | 16892 | 15140 | 10903 | 5307 | 2672 | 703 | 723 | 268 | — | 74 | 70 | 104 | 6507 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 13 | E 11 | NNE 12 | NNE 15 | — | — | E 15 | NNE 14 | E 13 |
| kJ | 21 | 14 | 28 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 492 | 359 | 154 | — | — | 72 | 41 | 127 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 16 | NNE 16 | NE 16 | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 251 | 457 | 349 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ESE 8 | SE 7 | — | N 7 | N 8 | N 10 | N 11 | NNW 12 | NNW 13 | NW 12 | WNW 12 | W 12 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | WSW 13 | W 13 | SW 10 |
| kJ | — | — | 23 | 27 | — | 494 | 1149 | 3103 | 8650 | 15936 | 27497 | 13564 | 13739 | 19131 | 40833 | 45910 | 36078 | 23674 | 16375 | 2629 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 1 | 33 | 609 | 609 | 1052 | 733 | 609 | 1322 | 635 | 733 | 762 | 733 | 733 | 762 | 622 | 622 | 622 | 619 | 619 |
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