Surf Forecasts:
Matunuck surf forecast from 27 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 2 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period, SE swell with 71 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Matunuck this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Matunuck in the next 16 days are 0.5m 12s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 02) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 3s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 29) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Wed 2nd Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Matunuck over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's cut through the noise and get straight to it for our neck of the woods. We've got a bit of a flat spell ahead before we see some real promise on the horizon for September.
Looking at the charts for the next couple of weeks, we're in a long stretch of small, weak energy. There's plenty of clean conditions, but not much push behind it. The first real whispers of something worthwhile don't show up until the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th, and even then it's just barely surfable with a combined swell energy of (149) – still very ordinary.
The main event is shaping up for the days following that. The standout window looks to be the early morning of Thursday the 10th of September. We get a glassy, offshore light air with a 2ft swell, but it's from the SSE with a long period of 11 seconds. That's a groundswell, which means better shaped waves and more energy. The water temp is about 70°, sitting right where it should be for this time of year. This spot is a very consistent reef break, but being a point break setup, that long period groundswell will handle beautifully. It's sheltered from the SSE, so that 2ft will wrap in with some real grunt (combined energy of 114). It'll be clean, but with a touch of a lull between the sets.
Before that? Nothing but tiny, weak lines. Saturday the 29th of August has a clean morning with N winds cross-offshore and a 2ft S swell, but the period is a short 7 seconds (65 combined energy). It's rideable but gutless. Monday the 31st of August afternoon goes glassy with 1ft and 23 combined energy – a total flat spell for paddle surfing.
So, the plan is simple: wait out the next ten days of sub-par conditions. The real potential arrives on Thursday the 10th of September. It won't be firing, but for a glassy, clean ledge on a long-period groundswell, it's the best we've got in the window. Don't sleep on that early morning session.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 7 | S 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 47 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 45 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 59 | 55 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 8:22PM1.02m | 8:44AM0.98m | 9:01PM1.03m | 9:23AM1.03m | 9:40PM1.01m | 10:03AM1.05m | 10:20PM0.98m | 10:45AM1.06m | 11:03PM0.93m | 11:30AM1.05m | 11:50PM0.87m | 12:21PM1.03m | 00:42AM0.81m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:07PM0.03m | 2:33AM-0.01m | 2:42PM-0.00m | 3:02AM-0.03m | 3:18PM-0.02m | 3:32AM-0.05m | 3:56PM-0.02m | 4:05AM-0.05m | 4:38PM-0.00m | 4:41AM-0.04m | 5:23PM0.03m | 5:23AM-0.02m | 6:16PM0.08m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — |
 | 7:27 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:21 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 7:17 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 8 | 26 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
Feels °C | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 8 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 47 | 45 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 47 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 6 | — | — | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 4 | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 | S 5 | SSW 5 |
| kJ | — | 19 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 10 | — | — | 10 | 16 | 3 | — | 4 | 23 | 59 | 12 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | — | E 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 10 | SE 14 | SSE 12 | — | E 3 | E 5 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 15 | — | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 5 | — | — | — | ENE 4 | — | — | SW 2 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | SSW 4 | SW 3 | — | NE 2 | — | — |
| kJ | 9 | 21 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 1 | 25 | 45 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1167 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 1 | 43 | 43 | 66 | 2874 | 22 | 101 | 618 | 1175 | 935 | 1831 | 4 | 688 | 171 | 173 |
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