Surf Forecasts:
Packery Channel surf forecast from 29 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 4 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period, ESE swell with 35 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Packery Channel this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Packery Channel in the next 16 days are 0.9m 5s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 04) 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 4th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Packery Channel over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s be straight with you: this outlook is a tough one. Over the next 16 days, Packery Channel is looking pretty flat and blown out for the most part. There’s a real stretch of nothing happening from now until the end of the first week, and then just a tiny blip that might get your hopes up—but only barely.
The first surf you could even think about paddling out for is on Sunday morning, September 6th, and even then it’s not much to write home about. The swell comes in at 4 ft from the ESE, with a short period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy is weak at 143. The wind is light and cross-offshore from the SW though, so the surface will be clean. It’s surfable, but just very ordinary. After that, the wind picks up and the swell gets messy—Sunday afternoon brings a fresh cross-onshore breeze at 19 mph and the swell jumps to 5 ft, but it’s lumpy and poor.
Then on Monday the 7th, the swell really builds—10 ft from the SE with a period of 8 seconds and a strong energy reading of 1197. But the wind is a fresh cross-onshore at 22 mph, making it a lumpy, poor mess. That’s expert-only territory, and even then the conditions are ugly. The rest of the week into the 13th is all small, short-period junk with onshore or cross-onshore winds. The only other hint of something cleaner is the very last session on Sunday morning, September 13th: a light northwesterly cross-offshore breeze, 3 ft from the SE, period 5 seconds, and clean—but still tiny.
Honestly, there’s no standout session here. The best of a bad lot is that Sunday morning, September 6th, with clean conditions and waist-high-ish swell. If you’re a beginner, that small clean stuff is your window, but the swell direction is ESE and the optimum swell direction for Packery Channel is SE, so it’s not ideal. The water temperature feels about average for this time of year. It’s a pretty grim run for the area, but sometimes it goes like this—short-period swells and wind just don’t line up. For stronger winds and bigger swell, this setup might be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.
Stay patient, and check back in a few days—forecasts can change.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Fri night, min 27°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 29°C on Mon night, min 28°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | 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) | SE 4 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | SE 4 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 26 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:01AM0.43m | 4:11PM0.44m | 5:01AM0.41m | 5:29PM0.46m | 4:57AM0.40m | 6:53PM0.48m | 4:38AM0.41m | 8:30PM0.52m | 10:43PM0.57m | 1:00AM0.63m | 2:10AM0.67m | ||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:40AM0.30m | 10:47PM0.19m | 10:55AM0.22m | 11:35PM0.28m | 11:24AM0.14m | 00:39AM0.37m | 12:02PM0.07m | 12:51PM0.01m | 1:51PM-0.04m | 3:02PM-0.07m | |||||||||||
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 | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — |
 | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 8 | SE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | E 8 | ESE 5 | E 8 | — |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 1 | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | ESE 9 | — | — | SE 5 | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — | — | E 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | E 8 | E 9 | — | E 8 | E 7 | — |
| kJ | 3 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | E 8 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SE 3 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | — | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | ESE 5 | SE 4 | — | — | ESE 5 | — | ESE 5 | ESE 5 |
| kJ | — | — | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 31 | — | 19 | 30 | — | 16 | 20 | — | — | 35 | — | 14 | 26 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1034 | 1132 | 1030 | 1030 | 1123 | 1030 | 1034 | 1132 | 1030 | 1030 | 1134 | 1030 | 1030 | 1134 | 1030 | 1030 | 1126 | 1030 | 1034 | 1132 | 1030 |
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