Surf Forecasts:
Seaford Reef surf forecast from 22 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 28 Jul, 6AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period, WNW swell with 116 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Seaford Reef this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Seaford Reef in the next 16 days are 1.5m 5s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 28) at 6AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 3s period and expected on Thursday (Jul 30) at 12AM.
| Wave Type | Time (ACST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 6AM (Tue 28th Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Seaford Reef over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here, switchin’ to feet and degrees for the imperial crowd.
Let’s keep it real – this next couple of weeks is a total bummer. The whole 16-day stretch is lookin’ flat, weak, and mostly choppy. There are long gaps of days where you won’t even find a ripple.
The only break to talk about is Seaford Reef (Bass Strait). But this spot is sheltered and doesn’t break often, so it needs a perfect storm to work, and we ain’t gettin’ it. The combined wave energy never breaks 41 (20-41 range), which is weak. We’re talkin’ ankle to knee-high slop for the whole forecast.
Thursday the 24th of July starts it off with a pathetic 0.7ft of WSW windswell, but the wind is cross-onshore (SW 15 km/h), making it messy. Friday the 25th of July shows a tiny bump to 3ft of WSW swell, but there’s rain showers and onshore wind. The whole first week is a washout.
We go dead flat from around Sunday the 27th of July, then the only tiny blink of hope is Wednesday the 29th of July. We get a 2ft SW swell with a light offshore ESE breeze at 15 km/h in the morning. That is the best of the worst, but it’s still weak with a combined energy of 30. Water temp is average for this time of year.
From Thursday the 30th of July all the way to Friday the 7th of August, it’s a lake. Swell drops to 0.3ft or 0.7ft. Winds get glassy and offshore a few times, like Friday the 31st of July morning (ESE 5 km/h, glassy) and Saturday the 1st of August (glassy all day). But you can’t surf a flat ocean, no matter how clean it is.
Bottom line: even the so-called “best” session on Wednesday the 29th is not worth the drive. There are zero standouts in this 16-day run. If you’re really jonesin’, keep an eye on that Wednesday morning, but don’t expect much.
That’s it from me. Sometimes it’s just flat.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the W by Tue afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | |||||||||||||||
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) | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 | W 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | N 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | WNW 5 | W 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 |
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 kJ | 14 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 74 | 88 | 38 | 85 | 23 | 16 | 13 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:05PM1.29m | 10:16AM1.72m | 12:44PM1.66m | 2:41PM1.78m | 5:01AM1.18m | 3:36PM1.91m | 5:10AM1.31m | 4:13PM2.03m | 5:25AM1.43m | 4:43PM2.12m | |||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:31PM1.06m | 2:24AM0.68m | 2:16AM0.82m | 10:44PM0.78m | 10:37PM0.58m | 8:49AM1.01m | 10:55PM0.42m | 9:45AM0.90m | 11:16PM0.32m | 10:21AM0.81m | 11:34PM0.28m | ||||||||||
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 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — |
 | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 7 | — | — | — | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 39 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | — | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 7 | — | — | NNW 4 | — | S 16 | S 15 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | 4 | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 14 | — | — | — | S 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 | W 4 | — | — | — | N 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | WNW 5 | W 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SE 3 |
| kJ | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 | 16 | 74 | 88 | 36 | 85 | 23 | 9 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 128 | 139 | 629 | 128 | 43 | 613 | 139 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 128 | 4 | 128 | 128 |
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