Surf Forecasts:
Putsborough surf forecast from 12 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 12 Sep, 10PM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period, W swell with 377 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Putsborough this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Putsborough in the next 16 days are 1.8m 8s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Sep 12) at 10PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 3s period and expected on Saturday (Sep 19) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10PM (Sat 12th Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Putsborough over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, listen up. Putsborough is in for a rough patch – a real flat spell, to tell it like it is. This whole 16-day stretch is lean, so don’t be checking the charts every five minutes. The combined wave energy is mostly weak, bouncing around 130 to 317 (moderate energy), but the wind and chop are gonna mess it all up.
It starts Saturday the 12th with a messy 4ft to 6ft WSW swell, but a fresh 35 km/h cross-shore wind has it all lumpy and chopped out. Sunday the 13th isn’t much better – a bit of W swell around 4ft to 5ft, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. Monday the 14th drops to knee-high 3ft to 3ft WSW, still cross-shore and messy.
The best of a bad bunch is likely Saturday the 19th. The morning sees a clean 4ft WSW swell with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SW, with weak energy (118). The afternoon jumps to 6ft from the WSW, but the cross-shore wind kicks back in, making it lumpy again. That Saturday morning is the cleanest window you’ll see.
From there, it just fades to nothing. From Sunday the 21st through to the 26th, the swell is tiny, under 2ft. There’s a clean spell with offshore winds on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th, but the swell is barely a ripple – 1ft to 2ft. Then on the very last day, Sunday the 27th, a pulse of 7ft W swell shows, but it’s blowing a fresh 35 km/h cross-shore, so forget it.
Your only real shot is that Saturday the 19th morning for a clean, small wave session. The water’s about average for the season, so a shorty is fine. It won’t be flat forever, but it sure looks that way for now.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat morning, light winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon night, min 14°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | WSW 7 | W 8 | W 7 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 6 | W 7 | W 8 | W 6 | WNW 7 | W 8 | W 10 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 66 | 293 | 320 | 198 | 273 | 184 | 132 | 158 | 70 | 159 | 224 | 100 | 171 | 161 | 200 | 130 | 137 | 84 | 58 | 52 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 7:34AM8.76m | 7:51PM9.05m | 8:10AM8.78m | 8:27PM8.89m | 8:44AM8.59m | 9:01PM8.53m | 9:17AM8.22m | 9:34PM8.01m | 9:50AM7.71m | 10:09PM7.39m | 10:25AM7.12m | 10:45PM6.72m | 11:04AM6.49m | 11:30PM6.07m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:39PM0.10m | 1:59AM0.04m | 2:12PM0.13m | 2:31AM0.21m | 2:45PM0.35m | 3:02AM0.56m | 3:17PM0.74m | 3:34AM1.05m | 3:50PM1.25m | 4:06AM1.62m | 4:25PM1.85m | 4:42AM2.23m | 5:08PM2.47m | ||||||||
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 | 6:46 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — |
 | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | 7:24 | — |
mm | — | — | 22 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 12 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | — | W 8 | W 7 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 9 | — | WSW 6 | W 7 | — | W 8 | WNW 7 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 6 | W 7 | W 12 | W 8 |
| kJ | 64 | — | 253 | 198 | 273 | 184 | 132 | — | 70 | 103 | — | 66 | 171 | 75 | 200 | 30 | 16 | 84 | 58 | 26 | 55 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | — | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 9 | W 14 | W 12 | W 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 14 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 7 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | WSW 9 | — | W 7 | W 8 | W 6 | — | W 8 | — | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | W 7 | SSW 3 |
| kJ | 66 | 293 | 320 | — | — | — | — | 158 | — | 159 | 224 | 100 | — | 161 | — | 130 | 137 | — | — | 52 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 102 | 265 | 102 | 46 | 64 | 64 | 87 | 87 | 73 | 46 | 313 | 46 | 46 | 67 | 276 | 313 | 313 | 93 | 109 | 251 | 64 |
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