Surf Forecasts:
Stockton surf forecast from 13 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 19 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period, SE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 19 Aug, 5PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period, SSE swell with 118 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 19 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Stockton this week:
The surf forecast for Stockton over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 19) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.4m and 12s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Stockton in the next 16 days are 0.8m 10s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 19) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 4s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 15) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Wed 19th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 12s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Wed 19th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 12s |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Wed 19th Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Stockton over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.
Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are a tough watch for Stockton. We’ve got a whole lot of nothing for the first nine days, a flat spell that just won’t quit. Not a single proper wave to get excited about. Thursday the 13th through to Friday the 21st is basically a write-off. Tiny 0.3ft to 1.0ft slop, winds all over the place, and the energy readings are pitiful – mostly in the single digits. You’d be better off polishing your board.
There’s a brief flash of hope on Saturday the 22nd. The morning shows a bit of life – 3ft swell from the south, and the wind goes glassy, absolutely dead calm. That’s a rare treat. The combined energy hits 77 (moderate wave energy), but the period is a short, weak 5 seconds, so it’ll be lumpy and disorganised. It’s surfable, but only just. Don’t get your hopes up for anything fun.
Then we drop back into the doldrums again from the 23rd to the 26th. Tiny 0.7ft to 2ft windswell with no power. Some mornings offer clean conditions with light cross-offshore breezes from the NW or NE, but with that little swell, you’re just floating around.
Now, the long-range stuff. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th start to feel like an actual swell event. A building 4ft to 5ft easterly swell with a period of 6-7 seconds pushes the combined energy into three-digit territory – 153 and then 241 (moderate wave energy). That’s something. But the problem is the wind. Thursday afternoon it’s a messy cross-shore at 12 mph, and Friday morning the wind cranks up to 19 mph from the northwest. That’s cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean on the face but blown out on top. At 5ft to 5ft, it’s going to be a challenging, choppy, expert-only session unless you’ve got a kite.
For a beginner beach/jetty break like Stockton, this run is a total dud. There’s nothing here for a standard surfer to get excited about. The lake-like conditions on the 22nd are the only half-decent window, but it’s barely a wave.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Fri night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | ||||||||||||||
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) | SSW 3 | W 3 | E 11 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | S 5 | SSE 6 | E 5 | ENE 5 | S 3 | S 5 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 9 | SE 13 | SE 12 |
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 kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 86 | 104 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 50 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-on | on | on | on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-off | off | on | on |
High Tide | 8:47PM1.86m | 9:18AM1.55m | 9:35PM1.83m | 10:04AM1.60m | 10:19PM1.74m | 10:49AM1.61m | 11:02PM1.62m | 11:35AM1.59m | 11:47PM1.49m | 12:21PM1.55m | 00:33AM1.36m | 1:08PM1.50m | 1:20AM1.24m | ||||||
Low Tide | 2:53AM-0.12m | 2:54PM-0.09m | 3:36AM-0.12m | 3:43PM-0.05m | 4:17AM-0.08m | 4:31PM0.03m | 5:00AM0.01m | 5:22PM0.13m | 5:44AM0.11m | 6:16PM0.24m | 6:28AM0.21m | 7:10PM0.33m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
 | 7:58 | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:51 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
Feels °C | 26 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | S 3 | SE 8 | S 3 | SE 7 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | E 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | E 5 | — | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 13 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 40 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 50 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | SE 8 | S 5 | SE 8 | SE 9 | — | S 5 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | NE 5 | — | — | — | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 5 | E 11 | S 5 | — | E 13 | — | E 12 | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 16 | SE 14 | NE 4 | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | 5 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 3 | W 3 | — | — | NNE 2 | — | NW 3 | ENE 5 | — | SSE 3 | S 3 | S 5 | S 7 | WNW 3 | — | SW 2 | NE 2 | ENE 4 | — |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 14 | — | 3 | 11 | 86 | 104 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1013 | 1139 | 278 | 2174 | 1380 | 3147 | 1141 | 1378 | 3147 | 1332 | 373 | 1394 | 23 | 3 | 102 | 82 | 72 | 23 | 23 |
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