Surf Forecasts:
South Padre Island surf forecast from 9 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 15 Sep, 4PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period, ESE swell with 93 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for South Padre Island this week:
The most powerful waves expected at South Padre Island in the next 16 days are 1.0m 7s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 15) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Tue 15th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for South Padre Island over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let me break it down for you in feet, brother. The outlook for South Padre Island for the next 16 days is a total bummer. There's no surf worth talking about – not a single session worth your wax. It's a complete drought.
We're looking at a weak stretch of short-period windswell mostly out of the southeast, and the combined energy of all swells never gets going. Best it does is around 98 (moderate) on the afternoon of the 16th, but that's still useless with the wind. Most days it's weak, with energy numbers in the double digits. Water temp is around 85°F, which is dead average for September.
The real killer here is the wind. It's hammering from the east and southeast, blowing cross-onshore and onshore, churning up the water into lumpy chop day in and day out. We see some tiny swells, like 1ft to 4ft, but they're all short-period junk with no power. Even on the 23rd of September, when we finally get a clean, offshore breeze from the north in the morning, the wave height is just 1ft. There's nothing to push you in.
This kind of quiet, empty run is pretty standard for the area when the winds set in like this. The board stays in the car, or you find something else to do.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 28°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SE by Thu afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sat morning, min 28°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | ||||||||||||||
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) | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | SE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 27 | 47 | 43 | 40 | 74 | 47 | 42 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 69 | 80 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:28AM0.56m | 1:27PM0.55m | 4:36AM0.51m | 2:52PM0.56m | 4:37AM0.47m | 4:09PM0.56m | 4:33AM0.45m | 5:23PM0.55m | 4:23AM0.46m | 6:41PM0.54m | 4:07AM0.48m | 8:16PM0.53m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:21PM0.09m | 9:05AM0.48m | 9:15PM0.14m | 9:22AM0.41m | 10:05PM0.21m | 9:52AM0.33m | 10:52PM0.28m | 10:27AM0.27m | 11:35PM0.36m | 11:06AM0.21m | 00:14AM0.44m | 11:49AM0.18m | 00:49AM0.49m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — |
 | 7:40 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:35 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
Feels °C | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | SE 4 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 8 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 5 | — | E 10 | E 9 | ESE 9 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 8 | — | — | — | — | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | — | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SE 4 | — | ESE 4 | SE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 |
| kJ | 9 | 6 | — | 8 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 27 | 47 | 43 | 40 | 74 | 47 | 42 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 69 | 80 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1059 | 971 | 974 | 1059 | 971 | 974 | 1051 | 974 | 971 | 1059 | 971 | 992 | 992 | 971 | 974 | 1062 | 971 | 974 | 1274 | 971 |
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