Surf Forecasts:
Octagon House surf forecast from 13 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 14 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period, SSE swell with 48 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Octagon House this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Octagon House in the next 16 days are 1.0m 5s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 14) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Fri 14th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Octagon House over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what the charts are telling us for the coming weeks.
Well, I gotta be straight with you – it’s looking like a pretty flat spell for the Octagon House (exposed to SE) area. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak windswell and dicey winds ahead. There’s nothing that jumps out as a standout session in this entire 16-day window. The combined swell energy is weak, barely cracking 45 on the best days and dropping to single digits by the end, so we’re not dealing with any real power out of the water.
Let’s run through it. Starting on Thursday, August 13th, through the weekend, a persistent SSE windswell barely pushes 3 to 3 ft with a short, weak 5-second period. Onshore winds are the story here, with a moderate breeze making things choppy. Not worth paddling out for.
The pattern continues into the next week. August 16th Sunday morning does offer a brief moment of glassy conditions with a light WSW breeze, but the swell drops to just 2 ft with a 6-second period. It’s clean, but there’s no oomph behind it for a proper ride. Later that week, on the 18th, the swell period bumps up to 10 seconds on a tiny 0.7 ft wave – that’s a long wait for nothing.
The second week is more of the same. From the 22nd of August onwards, we’ve got tiny surf in the 0.7 ft to 2 ft range. Even when it goes glassy again on the morning of August 23rd, it’s only 2 ft of weak SSE windswell. The combined energy is pitiful, mostly in the teens. By the end of the month, August 28th Friday morning, we see the swell trying to pick up to 3 ft with glassy conditions, but it’s still that same short-period SSE slop with energy at only 34. It’s clean, but it’s just not enough push to get you excited.
Honestly, for the foreseeable future, this setup looks more suited for a longboard cruise if you’re desperate, or maybe a kite session if the wind is blowing. There’s no real surfable energy on offer.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Thu morning, min 27°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 27°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 4 | SSE 10 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 |
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 kJ | 46 | 37 | 48 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 20 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:08PM0.37m | 6:53AM0.34m | 5:30PM0.34m | 7:10AM0.33m | 7:00PM0.32m | 7:23AM0.32m | 8:39PM0.31m | 7:31AM0.32m | 10:35PM0.33m | 7:24AM0.33m | 1:12AM0.36m | 3:11AM0.39m | |||||||||
Low Tide | 11:10AM0.29m | 11:36PM-0.02m | 12:05PM0.23m | 00:21AM0.06m | 1:00PM0.17m | 1:04AM0.15m | 1:54PM0.11m | 1:48AM0.23m | 2:46PM0.07m | 2:42AM0.30m | 3:39PM0.03m | 4:33PM0.01m | |||||||||
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 | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — |
 | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:55 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | ESE 8 | — | S 5 | — | — | SSE 5 | SE 7 | — | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | SSE 6 | SE 10 | SE 6 | S 4 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 6 |
| kJ | 2 | 6 | — | 20 | — | — | 36 | 13 | — | 21 | 34 | — | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SE 5 | — | — | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 5 | SE 10 | SE 5 | SE 8 | — | SE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 10 | — | SSE 10 | SE 7 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | — | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | — | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | — | SSE 6 | — | SSE 6 | S 4 | — | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 |
| kJ | 46 | 37 | 48 | — | 33 | 42 | — | 27 | 31 | — | — | 32 | — | 12 | 6 | — | 7 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 20 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1296 | 1395 | 1291 | 1296 | 1395 | 1291 | 1296 | 1395 | 1291 | 1296 | 1397 | 1291 | 1296 | 1397 | 1291 | 1291 | 1331 | 1291 | 1296 | 1456 | 1291 |
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