Surf Forecasts:
Royal Palms State Beach surf forecast from 3 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 7 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period, SSW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 7 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period, SSW swell with 408 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 4 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Royal Palms State Beach this week:
The surf forecast for Royal Palms State Beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 04) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 14s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 4s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Royal Palms State Beach in the next 16 days are 0.8m 18s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 07) at 11AM. 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+) | 2AM (Sat 4th Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 14s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Tue 7th Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) 16s |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Tue 7th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 18s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Royal Palms State Beach over the next 16 days.
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Alright, strap in. It’s a rough outlook for the next sixteen days. The ocean’s just not giving us a clean session. Starting from Thursday, July 2nd, we’ve got a long period groundswell pushing in at 2ft from the south, with a 18-second period – that’s a deep water swell with decent energy (288) – but the wind is 12 mph from the west, cross-onshore, and it’s just choppy and poor.
The water’s warm though. At Royal Palms State Beach, it’s 69°, which is a solid 5° above the average for this time of year – much warmer than normal. You’ll be comfortable in boardshorts, but you’ll be disappointed in the waves.
The whole first week carries on the same. Friday the 3rd, Saturday the 4th, Sunday the 5th – tiny swell, all under 2ft, mostly from the SSW, with periods from 14 to 18 seconds. The wind is a light onshore in the mornings and a moderate cross-onshore in the afternoons. It’s all poor quality. Nothing clean. Monday the 6th and Tuesday the 7th see the wave energy bump up to 459 (moderate energy) on Tuesday morning, but the swell is only 3ft and the wind is still cross-onshore. It’s marginal at best.
There is one single moment of glass on the 15th of July, Wednesday afternoon. The swell drops to just 1ft from the SW, but the period is a nice 17 seconds, and the wind finally goes glassy – no wind at all. The combined energy is low at 114, and the report says it’s “surfable but ordinary.” That’s the best wave of the run, and it’s barely a knee-high ripple.
After that, the 16th and 17th of July are more of the same: tiny surf, wrong wind, poor conditions.
The bottom line: There are no standout days. The wind is almost always wrong for this sheltered reef and point, and the swell is tiny. For beginners, the small size is safe, but the chop makes it a pain. For anyone else, this is a week to take off. A blank run like this is normal for the area when the wind patterns lock in. Forecasts change, so don’t write it off completely, but for now, it’s a no-go.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | |||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 19 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 20 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 158 | 104 | 220 | 169 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 118 | 207 | 121 | 261 | 173 | 169 | 253 | 408 | 280 | 276 | 334 | 339 | 306 | 298 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:06PM2.08m | 1:14PM1.54m | 11:41PM1.95m | 1:48PM1.59m | 00:20AM1.79m | 2:22PM1.66m | 1:10AM1.61m | 2:59PM1.76m | 2:23AM1.42m | 3:42PM1.87m | 4:10AM1.28m | 4:30PM2.00m | 6:07AM1.26m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 4:58PM1.18m | 6:28AM0.34m | 5:44PM1.19m | 6:57AM0.43m | 6:40PM1.19m | 7:26AM0.54m | 7:51PM1.16m | 7:57AM0.66m | 9:17PM1.06m | 8:32AM0.80m | 10:47PM0.89m | 9:18AM0.93m | 00:04AM0.66m | 10:18AM1.04m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:50 |
 | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | 8:06 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | W 6 | SSW 16 | W 6 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | W 7 | W 6 | SSW 16 | W 7 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 158 | 104 | 220 | 169 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 118 | 207 | 121 | 261 | 21 | 169 | 61 | 408 | 280 | 110 | 53 | 339 | 126 | 298 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SSW 18 | W 4 | S 10 | W 4 | W 5 | SW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | W 5 | SSW 16 | SSW 20 | SSW 16 | W 6 | SW 15 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | S 9 | SSW 16 | W 7 |
| kJ | 109 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 96 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 19 | 173 | 154 | 223 | 50 | 106 | 276 | 334 | 2 | 306 | 38 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 19 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | W 4 | SSW 24 | SSW 22 | SW 21 | SSW 12 | SSW 20 | S 7 | SSW 11 | SSW 14 | SSW 19 | SSW 13 | S 10 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 74 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 91 | 117 | 28 | 253 | 1 | 13 | 82 | 123 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | W 4 | W 5 | W 3 | — | — | W 3 | W 4 | — | W 4 | — | — | W 6 | — | — | W 6 | — | — | W 6 | — | — |
| kJ | 12 | 8 | 11 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 10 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 36 | — | — | 39 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 127 | 4 | 156 | 72 | 0 | 639 | 64 | 38 | 10 | 127 | 10 | 10 | 127 | 10 | 10 | 127 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 9 | 10 |
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