Surf Forecasts:
Mullaway surf forecast from 12 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Friday 18 Sep, 7PM (local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period, SE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 16 Sep, 7PM (local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period, SSE swell with 2,372 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 13 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Mullaway this week:
The surf forecast for Mullaway over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 13) at 7AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.8m and 7s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Mullaway in the next 16 days are 3.5m 9s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 16) at 7PM. 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 Wednesday (Sep 16) at 4AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 7AM (Sun 13th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 7PM (Fri 18th Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Wed 16th Sep) | 11ft (3.5m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Mullaway over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right off the bat, the Mullaway stretch is looking pretty average, with a lot of small, lumpy days ahead. The first couple of days are more about ankle-biters than anything you’d paddle out for. There’s a bit of energy in the water Tuesday morning, but the wind is all over it, making it messy.
The standout is Thursday the 16th, but it’s not for the faint-hearted. We get a solid pulse of south-southeast swell pushing 10 feet, and the energy is working. It’s powerful and has some serious grunt behind it. The catch is the wind. It’s cross-off early, which should keep the face reasonably clean, making it a proper heavy, expert-only wave. This is the biggest and most powerful swell of the period, but it’s not a day to be learning.
Following that, Friday the 17th sees a drop in size but still has a workable 6 feet of south-southeast swell. There’s a touch of onshore wind that’ll add some texture, but it’s not a washout.
Looking further out, the surf goes quiet again for a few days after the 20th, with just small stuff and poor winds. The models then show another pulse building overnight on the 22nd and into the 23rd, but the easterly winds will chop it up. There is a hint of something cleaner way out on Friday the 25th, with light offshore winds and a 4 feet easterly swell, but it’s promising at best, nothing to book time off work for.
Mullaway (New South Wales) is a fairly consistent point, so it’s not often this flat for this long. The window from the 16th to the 18th is where you want to be, just be ready for some size. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so it’s not a shocker.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sun morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SSE 12 | SE 11 | SSE 10 | NE 5 | NE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 12 | SE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 163 | 132 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 56 | 37 | 55 | 45 | 485 | 1680 | 1696 | 1284 | 1265 | 2162 | 1008 | 1040 | 990 | 639 | 386 | 184 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:24PM1.57m | 9:51AM1.59m | 9:53PM1.43m | 10:25AM1.55m | 10:22PM1.28m | 11:01AM1.49m | 10:51PM1.14m | 11:43AM1.40m | 11:23PM1.00m | 12:39PM1.31m | 00:13AM0.87m | 2:06PM1.26m | 2:39AM0.80m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 3:21PM0.19m | 3:35AM0.12m | 3:58PM0.28m | 4:01AM0.18m | 4:37PM0.39m | 4:27AM0.27m | 5:19PM0.52m | 4:54AM0.37m | 6:12PM0.63m | 5:26AM0.47m | 7:39PM0.72m | 6:12AM0.58m | 10:07PM0.71m | ||||||||
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 | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — |
 | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:40 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SSE 12 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | SE 10 | NE 6 | E 14 | E 13 | ENE 13 | E 13 | NE 13 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 12 | SE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 163 | 132 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1216 | 1008 | 1040 | 990 | 639 | 386 | 184 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 19 | SSE 18 | ENE 4 | S 14 | E 8 | SE 11 | SSE 10 | E 10 | SSE 10 | NE 14 | — | — | — | S 19 | — | E 12 | S 18 | S 18 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 |
| kJ | 73 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 81 | 36 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | E 13 | E 10 | E 10 | E 16 | E 9 | E 9 | E 14 | E 12 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | N 16 | NE 12 | S 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 17 | SSE 15 |
| kJ | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 97 | 44 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ENE 3 | — | — | ENE 4 | NNW 3 | N 3 | NE 5 | — | SSE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | NE 3 | N 3 |
| kJ | — | 3 | — | — | 28 | 1 | 3 | 55 | — | 485 | 1680 | 1696 | 1284 | 1265 | 2162 | 653 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 51 | 164 | 0 | 51 | 377 | 0 | 51 | 382 | 1 | 410 | 1172 | 217 | 110 | 110 | 1 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
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