Surf Forecasts:
Laundromats surf forecast from 11 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 18 Aug, 2AM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 4s period, NNE swell with 49 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Laundromats this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Laundromats in the next 16 days are 1.2m 4s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Aug 18) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Monday (Aug 17) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Tue 18th Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) 4s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Laundromats over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab a coffee, let's see what Laundromats has in store for us. It's a pretty quiet run for this spot, to be honest. The whole 16-day window looks like one long, slow stretch of tiny waves and less-than-ideal conditions. We're looking at a lot of days where the swell is just flickering on and off. For the first nine days, the majority of the sessions are flagged as "poor surf conditions." There’s a brief flicker of hope on the morning of Wednesday, the 20th of August, where we get a bit of a pulse. But honestly, the rest of the window is a real struggle.
The standout, and really the only bright spot, is the morning of Wednesday, the 20th of August. We've got a small but clean 2 ft swell coming from the ESE with a moderate combined energy (110). It’s not going to be powerful, but what really makes it special is the wind – it's glassy. With a glassy surface, even these small waves will be super clean and rideable for the intermediates that Laundromats is best suited for. You won't be getting any barrels, but it'll be a fun session on a longboard or a fish. The crowd factor is listed as "sometimes," so don't be surprised if a few other people have the same idea. Water temp? Nothing unusual, pretty average for the time of year, just a standard day out.
After that, it falls back into the same pattern of poor conditions and small swell. The morning of Friday the 21st of August has another small, clean window with 1 ft swell and clean offshores, but the energy is weak (57). The following days just drift off with more of the same. The afternoon of Sunday the 24th of August has a bigger height reading of 3 ft on the face of it, but it's a short-period windswell and gets messy with a cross-onshore wind, so don't get excited. In short, aim for that Wednesday morning glass-off; the rest of the 16 days is one to sleep in on.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Tue night, calm by Wed afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 31°C on Thu night, min 24°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | ||||||||||||||
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) | ESE 6 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | E 10 | E 9 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
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 kJ | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 21 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross | off | off | glassy | cross | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:47AM1.03m | 7:14PM1.33m | 7:43AM1.11m | 8:04PM1.33m | 8:33AM1.17m | 8:50PM1.30m | 9:21AM1.21m | 9:36PM1.23m | 10:09AM1.22m | 10:22PM1.15m | 10:58AM1.21m | 11:07PM1.05m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:56AM0.02m | 12:50PM-0.02m | 1:47AM-0.06m | 1:47PM-0.06m | 2:31AM-0.10m | 2:38PM-0.06m | 3:13AM-0.10m | 3:29PM-0.01m | 3:56AM-0.06m | 4:22PM0.07m | 4:40AM0.01m | 5:17PM0.17m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — |
 | 7:59 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 32 | 28 | 33 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 |
Feels °C | 34 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | NNW 3 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 3 | SE 8 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | S 4 | ESE 8 | E 8 | N 3 | SE 8 | NE 4 | ESE 8 | S 4 | SE 8 | E 12 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | NE 5 | NE 5 |
| kJ | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | SE 5 | E 11 | E 8 | NE 5 | E 10 | E 13 | E 10 | E 9 | E 7 | E 12 | E 12 | S 6 | S 7 | S 6 | NE 5 |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 3 | W 3 | — | NW 3 | W 2 | N 4 | SSE 6 | — | — | S 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | ESE 3 | — | — | S 4 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 21 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 243 | 249 | 2657 | 177 | 177 | 1701 | 1329 | 1987 | 1071 | 204 | 95 | 177 | 177 | 286 | 584 | 441 | 876 | 1086 | 657 |
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