Surf Forecasts:
Langs beach surf forecast from 28 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Sunday 2 Aug, 12AM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period, NE swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 29 Jul, 9PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period, E swell with 206 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 2 Aug, 12AM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with NE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Langs beach this week:
The surf forecast for Langs beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 02) at 12AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.3m and 15s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 11s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Langs beach in the next 16 days are 0.8m 13s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 29) at 9PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 5s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 01) at 9PM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 12AM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) 15s |
| Best Surf | 12AM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) 15s |
| Most Powerful | 9PM (Wed 29th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 13s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Langs beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll level with you – the next couple of weeks at Langs Beach are a real mixed bag, and for the most part, it’s a pretty quiet stretch. The first week and a half are mostly a write-off for any kind of decent surf, with small, messy waves and poor conditions. We’ve got a solid gap of nothing happening from Wednesday the 29th of July right through to the weekend of the 9th of August. There’s a tiny flicker of life on Sunday the 2nd of August with a bit of a SE swell, but it’s weak (combined energy of 107) and only 3 ft, so it’s barely surfable.
The real standout, the only one worth getting excited about, is Tuesday the 11th of August through Wednesday the 12th of August. That’s when the ocean finally wakes up. Tuesday morning sees a nice 6 ft easterly swell (12-second period, 954 combined energy) with clean offshore winds out of the SSE. That’s a solid, punchy wave – still manageable for confident intermediates, but it’s pushing into the territory where beginners might want to sit it out. Wednesday the 12th of August is the big one for the experienced crew: an 8 ft groundswell from the ENE with a very long 15-second period and a massive 3020 combined energy. That’s a lot of grunt. The wind is offshore again, so it’ll be clean, but at that size, only expert surfers should be out there. The long period and direction will favour the better shaped waves, so keep an eye on the tide.
After that, the swell backs off quickly through the 13th and 14th, dropping back to 4 ft to 4 ft with cleaner but still average conditions. Langs Beach is an exposed beach break, so the long-period groundswells can be a bit straight, but we’ll take what we can get.
The water temp is sitting around 60°F right now, which is about normal for this time of year. The crowds are listed as “sometimes” here, so you might see a few others out, but it won’t be a zoo. For a beach break, the consistency is fairly consistent when there’s swell, but these first few days are a real drought.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon morning, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, light winds from the SSW by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | NE 15 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | NE 13 | E 9 | ENE 13 | NE 14 | NE 18 | E 18 | NE 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 171 | 168 | 196 | 141 | 139 | 106 | 89 | 91 | 62 | 38 | 23 | 35 | 69 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 7:17PM1.99m | 7:27AM1.88m | 7:58PM2.05m | 8:10AM1.92m | 8:37PM2.10m | 8:51AM1.95m | 9:16PM2.13m | 9:32AM1.97m | 9:55PM2.14m | 10:14AM1.99m | 10:34PM2.13m | 10:58AM1.99m | 11:16PM2.11m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:11PM0.36m | 1:45AM0.48m | 1:54PM0.32m | 2:28AM0.42m | 2:35PM0.29m | 3:09AM0.37m | 3:16PM0.28m | 3:48AM0.33m | 3:55PM0.29m | 4:27AM0.30m | 4:35PM0.32m | 5:07AM0.29m | 5:17PM0.36m | ||||||||
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 | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — |
 | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:39 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 |
Feels °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | N 6 | N 6 | E 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | E 11 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | NE 13 | NE 13 | ENE 13 | NE 12 | NE 12 | NE 13 | NE 12 |
| kJ | 171 | 168 | 196 | 141 | 139 | 96 | 50 | 29 | 62 | 38 | 23 | 23 | 69 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 10 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 12 | NE 12 | NE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | NE 15 | NE 15 | ENE 14 | E 5 | E 9 | E 7 | NE 14 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 91 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 13 | E 12 | NE 9 | N 9 | NE 19 | NE 11 | NE 18 | NE 17 | E 13 | E 13 | NE 10 | NE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | NE 16 | NE 16 | E 8 | NE 18 | E 18 | NE 16 |
| kJ | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 2 | NNE 3 | N 4 | N 4 | N 5 | N 5 | WNW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | SSE 5 | — | SSW 3 | SW 3 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 106 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 56 | — | 2 | 3 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 18 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 100 | 161 | 161 | 161 | 374 | 291 |
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