Surf Forecasts:
Oswald State Park/Short Sands surf forecast from 2 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Sunday 2 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period, WNW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 2 Aug, 2PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period, WNW swell with 422 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 2 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with WNW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Oswald State Park/Short Sands this week:
The surf forecast for Oswald State Park/Short Sands over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 02) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.4m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 14s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Oswald State Park/Short Sands in the next 16 days are 1.6m 9s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 02) at 2PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 2PM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Oswald State Park/Short Sands over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's break down the next couple of weeks at Oswald State Park / Short Sands.
I gotta be honest, it's a tough start. We're looking at a big gap of nothing good for the first week and a half. From Saturday the 1st right through to the morning of Monday the 10th of August, every session is flagged as poor. The wind is a constant headache, mostly cross or cross-onshore, messing up what little swell is out there. Swell heights bounce between 3ft and 5ft, but with periods mostly in the 7 to 9 second range, it's weak, short-period windswell that can't handle the chop. The energy is moderate at best, hitting between 217 and 483 on the scale, but it just doesn't matter with that wind. You'd be better off finding a different hobby.
Things get a little interesting towards the end. The best – and really the only – window is the morning of Monday the 10th of August. We've got a 6ft swell from the NW, with a 9-second period, pushing the combined energy up to 560. The wind is a light cross-onshore from the NW at 6 mph, which is the best we've seen. It's still not perfect, but it's a marginal improvement. That's the pick of a bad bunch, but it's still a dice roll with the tide and conditions.
After that, it drops back into poor territory. Around the 12th of August, the swell drops to just 2ft, but the period jumps way up to 15 seconds. That's a long-period groundswell, and at a beach break, it's going to be fat, straight, and hard to catch. The energy readings are still moderate (321 to 375), but the wave height is just too small to do anything with.
The final look on the 15th and 16th of August shows 5ft swell returning, but the wind is still cross-onshore or cross, keeping it choppy and messy. The energy is picking up again (481 to 586), but with the wind condition, it's just not going to be clean. Honestly, for the entire 16-day window, there's nothing that screams "go." It's a blank run, and it's looking like one of those stretches where the forecast just needs to change.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the N by Mon afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Tue afternoon, light winds from the N by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | ||||||||||||||
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) | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 138 | 206 | 402 | 383 | 262 | 165 | 193 | 173 | 156 | 189 | 248 | 315 | 363 | 322 | 304 | 273 | 187 | 151 | 147 | 104 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:58PM1.94m | 3:24AM1.94m | 4:27PM2.01m | 4:12AM1.80m | 4:58PM2.08m | 5:09AM1.63m | 5:33PM2.14m | 6:19AM1.48m | 6:15PM2.19m | 7:46AM1.39m | 7:07PM2.23m | 9:24AM1.39m | 8:10PM2.27m | |||||||
Low Tide | 10:19PM0.49m | 10:33AM0.04m | 11:06PM0.42m | 11:04AM0.18m | 11:59PM0.34m | 11:38AM0.34m | 00:59AM0.27m | 12:18PM0.51m | 2:06AM0.18m | 1:08PM0.66m | 3:19AM0.08m | 2:15PM0.77m | 4:30AM-0.04m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | 8:45 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | 8:42 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:36 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
Feels °C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 13 | NW 7 | NW 7 | WNW 10 | NW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 7 |
| kJ | 138 | 206 | 402 | 383 | 262 | 165 | 27 | 173 | 156 | 30 | 248 | 315 | 363 | 322 | 304 | 273 | 187 | 151 | 147 | 104 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 15 | WSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WNW 12 |
| kJ | 71 | 70 | 66 | 63 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 57 | 21 | 54 | 51 | 49 | 47 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | — | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | — | W 18 | SW 11 | SW 19 | W 13 | W 14 | SW 18 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 8 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 30 | — | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 26 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 7 | — | — | NW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 193 | — | — | 189 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 992 | 0 | 272 | 1311 | 0 | 57 | 293 | 25 | 123 | 293 | 114 | 131 | 267 | 0 | 267 | 382 | 0 | 288 | 444 | 0 |
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