Surf Forecasts:
Royal Palms State Beach surf forecast from 30 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 3 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period, W swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 6 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period, SSE swell with 507 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 1 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s 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 Tuesday (Sep 01) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 13s period with a secondary swell of 0.7m and 6s. 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 1.0m 15s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 06) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Tue 1st Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 13s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Thu 3rd Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Sun 6th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 15s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Royal Palms State Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s be straight with you – this stretch of coast is going through a flat spell. From now through the entire 16-day window, there’s really only one moment that stands out as worth paddling out for. The rest of the time, it’s small, messy, and blown out. The water temperature at Royal Palms State Beach is sitting at 74°, which is 8° warmer than the long-term average – that’s seriously unusual, borderline tropical for this time of year.
We’ve got a long gap of nothing from the start all the way until Thursday, 3rd September where a tiny 2 ft SSW groundswell (15s period) rolls in. The morning is glassy, zero wind, and the energy is still weak at 232. It’s surfable but very ordinary – you’ll be scratching for chest-high waves at best. That’s the best we get for the first week.
Then on the morning of Tuesday, 8th September, things finally turn on. A 6 ft SSW groundswell (14s period) pushes in with a solid moderate combined energy of 1264, and it’s glassy offshore – light west wind, no chop. This is the standout. At Royal Palms State Beach, a reef and point break that’s sheltered and loves SW swell, this is the one. The waves should have real shape and power, clean faces, and the break is fairly inconsistent so you’ll need to be patient, but it’s worth it. This is solid intermediate to advanced surf – well overhead, punchy, and the direction is a perfect match for the optimum SW swell direction. The afternoon on that same day blows out, but the morning session is the pick of the entire forecast.
After that, the swell drops back fast. Wednesday morning, 9th September, shows a 3 ft SSW swell (9s period) with a moderate cross-on breeze – short period, choppy, not great. From there it’s back to small, weak, and mostly cross-on winds for the rest of the run. The second week is a quiet one – nothing really firing.
Bottom line: if you’ve got a free Tuesday morning, 8th September, make it happen. The rest? Trestle your board for a bit longer.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 6 | SSW 13 | SW 18 | SW 18 | S 13 | SSW 12 | W 7 | W 7 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSE 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 279 | 239 | 180 | 134 | 127 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 79 | 95 | 121 | 214 | 84 | 209 | 319 | 364 | 347 | 326 | 314 | 310 | 424 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 11:13AM1.95m | 11:18PM1.78m | 11:41AM2.00m | 00:06AM1.58m | 12:15PM2.03m | 1:09AM1.38m | 12:57PM2.03m | 2:54AM1.23m | 1:57PM2.00m | 6:19AM1.25m | 3:20PM2.00m | 7:21AM1.38m | 4:51PM2.05m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 5:22PM0.67m | 5:18AM0.65m | 6:12PM0.65m | 5:41AM0.81m | 7:14PM0.65m | 6:06AM0.96m | 8:35PM0.64m | 6:31AM1.11m | 10:16PM0.58m | 7:05AM1.25m | 11:45PM0.44m | 10:05AM1.32m | 00:46AM0.29m | ||||||||
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 | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
 | — | 7:21 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:13 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
Feels °C | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | W 6 | W 6 | SSW 14 | W 6 | W 5 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | W 6 | SSW 12 | W 7 | W 7 | SSW 18 | W 7 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | W 6 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSE 16 |
| kJ | 279 | 239 | 83 | 33 | 127 | 30 | 21 | 68 | 63 | 31 | 121 | 113 | 73 | 209 | 85 | 364 | 347 | 47 | 314 | 310 | 424 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | SSE 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 11 | SW 18 | S 13 | SW 16 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SW 18 | W 6 | SW 10 | SSW 16 | W 6 | SSE 14 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 51 | 15 | 180 | 134 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 36 | 79 | 84 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 50 | 319 | 39 | 27 | 326 | 37 | 111 | 201 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 13 | W 9 | SSE 12 | S 13 | SW 19 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SW 18 | S 9 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 15 | S 12 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | W 6 | W 6 |
| kJ | 17 | 7 | 27 | 89 | 14 | 62 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 95 | 67 | 145 | 84 | 12 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 18 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 6 | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | — | W 5 | W 6 | — | W 6 | W 7 | — | W 6 | — | — | W 6 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 41 | — | — | 32 | 64 | — | 18 | 39 | — | 21 | 214 | — | 42 | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 9 | 127 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 19 | 156 | 127 | 0 | 10 | 127 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
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