Surf Forecasts:
Smugglers Cove surf forecast from 23 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 28 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 19s period, SW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 25 Jul, 5PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 21s period, SW swell with 548 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 23 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with NW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Smugglers Cove this week:
The surf forecast for Smugglers Cove over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 23) at 8PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.1m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.6m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Smugglers Cove in the next 16 days are 0.8m 21s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 5PM. 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+) | 8PM (Thu 23rd Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Tue 28th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 19s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 21s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Smugglers Cove over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for the Smugglers Cove stretch over the next couple of weeks. I'll be straight with you, it's a quiet run.
The pattern is a persistent stretch of small, short-period windswell and onshore winds. The water is sitting at a chilly 55°, which is a couple of degrees colder than it should be for this time of year, so you'll want a thick wetsuit.
We start off on Wednesday the 22nd with a marginal 3ft swell from the NW, but with a cross-on wind it's going to be bumpy and chopped-up. Not worth paddling out. Thursday the 23rd sees a little more direction, but the same story with onshore winds. The waves are small and the quality is poor.
Friday the 24th is a bit of a tease. We get a long period, 26-second groundswell, but it's tiny at just 1ft. The combined energy is moderate (391), but you'll be bobbing around waiting for a set that never really stands up. That long period does mean it'll be walled up, but it's just too small to do anything with. The onshore winds are light, so it's not a total write-off, but it's still marginal.
The weekend through to the following week is a flat, choppy mess. Swell stays under 3ft, with cross-onshore and moderate breezes making for poor conditions. We've got a solid run of poor surf days from Saturday the 25th right through to Monday the 3rd of August. The wind is mostly from the north-northwest, making it a cross-shore or cross-offshore, but the swell is too weak and jumbled to offer any real shape. The energy dips into double digits (100-200) during this period, confirming the lack of grunt.
The standouts? There really aren't any. The best-looking window is a very small window on Thursday afternoon the 24th, with that tiny, long-period swell. If you're a longboarder with a lot of patience and you don't mind a session of mostly waiting, that's your shot. But honestly, for a beginner spot like this, anything over 5ft is too big, and we barely touch 4ft. The issue is the wind and the lack of any real push.
Expect a long gap of at least a week with no worthwhile recommendations. The end of the run, from the 4th of August onward, shows a tiny bump in energy from the west, but it's still small and the wind is up. It's a tough stretch.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat afternoon, calm by Mon night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | SW 26 | SW 24 | WSW 24 | SW 23 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 129 | 150 | 216 | 202 | 206 | 211 | 171 | 148 | 368 | 257 | 548 | 365 | 455 | 546 | 303 | 319 | 375 | 383 | 222 | 322 | 354 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | glassy | on | on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | on | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:45AM1.32m | 8:03PM2.04m | 10:20AM1.34m | 8:54PM2.03m | 11:35AM1.43m | 9:47PM2.04m | 12:27PM1.51m | 10:38PM2.07m | 1:06PM1.58m | 11:25PM2.12m | 1:39PM1.63m | 00:07AM2.17m | 2:08PM1.68m | 00:47AM2.19m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:04PM0.67m | 4:13AM0.19m | 3:06PM0.79m | 5:12AM0.12m | 4:15PM0.86m | 6:03AM0.05m | 5:19PM0.86m | 6:47AM-0.02m | 6:11PM0.84m | 7:26AM-0.08m | 6:55PM0.79m | 8:01AM-0.12m | 7:36PM0.73m | ||||||||
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 | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
 | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:54 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:50 | — |
mm | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 20 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SW 21 | WNW 8 | NW 10 | SW 19 | NW 9 | NW 9 | SW 18 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | SW 16 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 129 | 150 | 216 | 202 | 206 | 211 | 152 | 120 | 63 | 72 | 548 | 58 | 110 | 546 | 125 | 97 | 375 | 94 | 88 | 322 | 354 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | SW 14 | SSW 4 | SSW 7 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | WSW 24 | SW 23 | NW 9 | SW 21 | SW 20 | NW 9 | SW 19 | SW 18 | NW 9 | SW 18 | SW 17 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | 58 | 59 | 73 | 7 | 29 | 70 | 68 | 44 | 368 | 257 | 61 | 365 | 455 | 103 | 303 | 319 | 95 | 383 | 222 | 61 | 59 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 6 | SW 26 | SW 24 | NW 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | SSW 11 | SW 19 | — | SW 12 |
| kJ | 73 | 74 | 15 | 64 | 65 | 13 | 171 | 148 | 48 | 44 | 44 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 133 | — | 23 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 5 | SW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | W 5 | — | — | NW 3 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 58 | 128 | 90 | 128 | 128 | 0 | 893 | 443 | 90 | 128 | 288 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 90 | 90 | 384 | 0 | 90 | 128 | 0 |
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