Surf Forecasts:
Packery Channel surf forecast from 27 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 3 Sep, 4AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, ESE swell with 55 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 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 03) at 4AM. 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 | 4AM (Thu 3rd Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Packery Channel over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: we’re looking at a long, tough stretch for Packery Channel. This forecast is a real bummer, so let’s just get into it.
Right off the bat, from Thursday the 27th of August all the way through the next week and a half, we’ve got next to nothing. The swell is tiny, and the wind is mostly cross-shore or onshore. The water temp is sitting at a warm 85° and the anomaly is only 1° above normal, so it’s a pretty typical Texas summer bath – warm but not unusual.
We’ve got a pretty blank run here. The first real sign of life doesn’t show up until Thursday the 10th of September. That morning, we see the combined swell energy jumping up to 139 (moderate energy), with the swell coming from the East at about 3 ft and a period of 9 seconds. That’s a little more push, but the wind is still cross-onshore from the SSE at about 6 mph, so it’ll be bumpy. That afternoon, the onshore wind picks up to 16 mph, making it a messy closeout situation.
Honestly, there are no standout days here. The swell is just too small and the wind is against us for just about the entire 16-day window. Even when we get a little bit of size around the 10th, the onshore wind ruins it. For a break that’s exposed to the SE, those onshore winds are a killer. If you’re a beginner or on a foamie, you might find something knee-high and wobbly on the glassy Friday morning of the 28th of August (2 ft, SSW 3 mph), but there’s no power behind it. The rest of the time, the onshore breeze is going to make it choppy and messy.
To be honest, with this kind of constant onshore wind and small, weak swell, Packery Channel is going to look more like a kiteboarding zone than a place to paddle out. The setup is just too rough for a decent paddle surf session.
Given the lack of any solid, clean swell with favorable wind, there’s nothing I can point to as the best. It’s a wait-and-see situation. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, this is a proper flat spell for the area.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 28°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SE by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | |||||||||||||||
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) | SSE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 4 | E 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 5 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 23 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 47 | 32 | 28 | 51 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | on | cross | glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | 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 | 1:38PM0.42m | 5:01AM0.46m | 2:56PM0.43m | 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 | |||||||||
Low Tide | 10:47AM0.40m | 9:29PM0.05m | 10:38AM0.36m | 10:07PM0.12m | 10:40AM0.30m | 10:47PM0.19m | 10:55AM0.22m | 11:35PM0.28m | 11:24AM0.14m | 00:39AM0.37m | 12:02PM0.07m | 12:51PM0.01m | |||||||||
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 | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — |
 | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:47 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 |
Feels °C | 31 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SE 8 | E 8 | SSE 4 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 4 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 6 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 5 | ESE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — |
| kJ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 5 | — | E 8 | SE 8 | — | SE 8 | S 4 | S 6 | ESE 9 | — | — | ESE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | — | — | SE 8 | — | — | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 4 | SSE 4 | — | SSE 4 | SE 4 | — | — | SE 3 | SSE 4 | SE 5 | SE 4 | — | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 24 | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | — | 23 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 47 | 32 | 28 | 51 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1034 | 1132 | 1030 | 1034 | 1132 | 1030 | 1034 | 1134 | 1030 | 1034 | 1134 | 1030 | 1034 | 1134 | 1030 | 1034 | 1149 | 1030 | 1034 | 1134 | 1030 |
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