Surf Forecasts:
Palm Beach surf forecast from 8 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 7PM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period, SSE swell with cross-shore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 10 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period, S swell with 2,498 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Palm Beach this week:
The surf forecast for Palm Beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.6m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 10s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Palm Beach in the next 16 days are 3.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 10) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 2s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 7AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 7PM (Wed 9th Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Thu 10th Sep) | 11ft (3.5m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Palm Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab your board, I’m Rusty. Here’s the lowdown for our stretch of beach.
Right off the bat, we got a bit of a waiting game. The first few days are pretty grim with that onshore wind and weak, short-period swell. Tuesday the 8th is a write-off. But hang tight, because things take a serious turn.
The clear standout is Thursday morning, the 10th of September. That’s the best we’re gonna see in this run. Palm Beach is looking at a solid 8 ft swell out of the S, with a 9-second period pushing a strong wave energy reading (2321). The wind is swinging cross-off from the SW, so the face will be clean. The water temp sits at 65°, which is bang on average for this time of year. This joint is fairly consistent and exposed to swell, so it should fire. It’s going to be a bit heavy for beginners, but for the experienced crew, this is excellent. Crowds are sometimes an issue, so get there early.
Friday morning the 11th is also decent, with a 6 ft SSE swell and cross-off wind from the SW, keeping things clean (618 energy). Good, but not the standout.
After that, Saturday morning the 12th gives you small glassy waves at 4 ft with no wind – a rare, clean session for the longboard or funboard, but the energy is moderate (388).
The second week fades into smaller stuff. Monday the 14th morning has a tiny 3 ft groundswell with a nice clean wind from the NW, and again on Saturday the 19th we see a little bump with a very long 17-second period S swell (220 energy). That's a long-period groundswell, which will wrap in nicely here, but it’s only 2 ft, so it’s a subtle set-up for the patient surfer.
Overall, don’t bother paddling out until Thursday the 10th. That’s your one true standout window. The rest is filler.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | ||||||||||||||
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) | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | S 8 | SSE 7 | S 10 | SSE 9 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | S 9 | S 11 | S 10 | S 12 | S 11 | S 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 486 | 380 | 133 | 628 | 2498 | 1216 | 1112 | 1360 | 605 | 451 | 307 | 254 | 245 | 125 | 85 | 146 | 100 | 174 | 116 | 80 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | off |
High Tide | 5:51PM1.80m | 6:42AM1.33m | 6:47PM1.83m | 7:33AM1.44m | 7:39PM1.82m | 8:20AM1.53m | 8:26PM1.76m | 9:03AM1.58m | 9:11PM1.66m | 9:46AM1.60m | 9:54PM1.52m | 10:26AM1.59m | 10:34PM1.37m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:39AM0.19m | 12:21PM0.39m | 1:26AM0.15m | 1:19PM0.34m | 2:11AM0.12m | 2:13PM0.29m | 2:52AM0.11m | 3:04PM0.26m | 3:30AM0.12m | 3:53PM0.26m | 4:06AM0.14m | 4:40PM0.27m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — |
 | 5:40 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:45 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 22 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | S 8 | ESE 13 | ESE 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 22 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | S 9 | S 11 | ENE 6 | S 12 | S 11 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | 486 | 380 | 133 | 17 | 47 | 976 | 169 | 959 | 605 | 451 | 307 | 254 | 245 | 125 | 85 | 146 | 40 | 174 | 116 | 32 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | SE 7 | E 9 | S 26 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | SSE 22 | E 15 | E 14 | E 13 | SSE 19 | SSE 20 | SSE 19 | ENE 5 | E 13 | S 10 | NE 6 | E 12 | S 10 |
| kJ | 8 | 7 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 119 | 127 | 122 | 8 | 13 | 100 | 16 | 12 | 80 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 9 | NE 9 | E 9 | E 17 | NE 16 | SSE 23 | E 9 | E 10 | S 21 | E 10 | S 18 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 | SSE 16 | ENE 13 | SSE 13 | E 13 | E 9 | E 12 |
| kJ | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 104 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 52 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 11 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WNW 2 | SSE 7 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | E 3 | NE 5 | — | ENE 4 | — | — | ENE 4 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 628 | 2498 | 1216 | 1112 | 1360 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 22 | — | 28 | — | — | 11 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 761 | 94 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
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