Surf Forecasts:
Spew Pits surf forecast from 18 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 19 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period, N swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 23 Aug, 10PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period, N swell with 320 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 19 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with N swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Spew Pits this week:
The surf forecast for Spew Pits over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 19) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 9s. Another secondary swell of 0.3m and 2s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Spew Pits in the next 16 days are 1.3m 10s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 23) at 10PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 6s period and expected on Friday (Aug 21) at 1PM.
| Wave Type | Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Wed 19th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Wed 19th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 10PM (Sun 23rd Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Spew Pits over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Righto, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Spew Pits has got cookin’ for us over the next couple of weeks.
Honestly, it’s a flat-out frustrating run for this spot. We’ve got a long stretch from Tuesday 18th August all the way through to Wednesday 2nd September where the forecast is just one poor surf report after another. There’s not a single "standout" day in the lot, so I’m calling it as it is: a real lean period for Spew Pits.
The trouble is the wind. For a wave to work right, you want it clean, but here we’ve got a constant northerly breeze that’s cross to cross-off for most of the time, and often pushing 15–22 mph. That’s a fresh breeze a lot of the time, and while the wave faces might look clean on paper, the actual surf quality is rated poor every single session. The water’s a touch warmer than normal at 75°F, about 3°F above the long-term average for this time of year – nice for a swim, but it doesn’t help the waves.
There is some swell building through the period. From Sunday 23rd August morning, the combined energy picks up to 239 (moderate), and it climbs further – 307 on Tuesday 25th, 366 on Thursday 27th, and even hitting 508 on Sunday 30th August morning (the four-digit reading tells you that’s strong wave energy). These are all northerly swells around 3 ft to 6 ft, with short periods mostly between 7 and 9 seconds. That’s windswell, not groundswell, so the shape is lumpy and the sets are frequent but weak.
For a reef break like this, you really need a good directional match – the optimum is a NNW swell, which we do get a little sniff of on Wednesday 2nd September morning (3 ft, NNW, period 9s) but the energy is only 160 (weak) and the wind is still cross-off at 16 mph. Not worth paddling out for.
Bottom line: nothing here is worth chasing. The longest gap with no recommendations is the whole of the first week, and it never really improves. This spot is consistent in that it breaks, but the conditions are consistently average to poor. If you’re desperate, maybe kite-surfers could find a use for the strong breeze and lumpy water, but for a surfer, I’d give this a hard pass.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 10 | N 9 | N 10 | N 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 86 | 111 | 111 | 108 | 105 | 132 | 133 | 146 | 147 | 124 | 119 | 183 | 142 | 124 | 120 | 188 | 320 | 269 | 240 | 304 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:02PM1.93m | 6:25AM1.82m | 6:48PM1.71m | 7:17AM1.67m | 7:53PM1.54m | 8:35AM1.57m | 9:32PM1.46m | 10:15AM1.58m | 11:05PM1.52m | 11:30AM1.70m | 00:04AM1.65m | 12:19PM1.86m | 00:45AM1.80m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:07AM0.57m | 12:29PM0.66m | 00:50AM0.75m | 1:29PM0.82m | 1:55AM0.89m | 3:05PM0.90m | 3:38AM0.94m | 4:50PM0.86m | 5:08AM0.85m | 5:55PM0.72m | 6:03AM0.71m | 6:38PM0.57m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — |
 | 8:32 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:27 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
Feels °C | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | NW 8 | WNW 8 | NNW 12 | N 12 | N 10 | N 10 | N 11 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 86 | 111 | 111 | 108 | 105 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 50 | 67 | 104 | 120 | 59 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | NW 10 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | N 12 | WNW 9 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | W 11 |
| kJ | 6 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WNW 11 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | W 12 | NW 11 | N 14 | N 10 | S 13 | N 13 | WNW 9 | S 12 | — | — | — | S 12 |
| kJ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 2 | N 2 | — | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 9 | N 10 | N 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 9 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 132 | 133 | 146 | 147 | 124 | 119 | 183 | 142 | 124 | 86 | 188 | 320 | 269 | 240 | 304 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 62 | 0 | 168 | 188 | 26 | 26 | 168 | 188 | 26 | 168 | 193 | 168 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 274 | 168 | 274 |
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