Surf Forecasts:
Stockton surf forecast from 28 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 2 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period, SE swell with 259 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Stockton this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Stockton in the next 16 days are 1.0m 12s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 02) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 29) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Wed 2nd Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Stockton over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right, listen up. Rusty here.
Stockton. Let’s be straight with you. We’re looking at a real flat spell to kick things off. There is nothing worth paddling out for from Friday the 28th of August all the way through, and I mean nothing, until Sunday the 6th of September. That’s over a week of tiny, weak dribble.
The water temp is sitting at a balmy 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but there’s no swell to enjoy it in.
We finally get a little blip of life on Sunday the 6th of September, but it’s only a 2ft swell out of the East. The combined energy is still only moderate (53), and the morning wind is a clean cross-offshore, which is the best we’ll see. It’s surfable, but you’d be scratching for anything with any push. The afternoon gets chopped up by a cross-onshore. A one-star day at best.
Monday the 7th sees the combined energy climb a touch into the triple digits (109-122), but it’s accompanied by a strong onshore breeze. The 2ft to 2ft East swell has a long period of 11 seconds, but the wind will just turn it into a mess.
After that, it’s back to tiny conditions. The rest of the window is just wind and ripples. There are no standouts here, no solid swells, no good windows. For a beach/jetty spot like this, the lack of consistency is disappointing, but not unheard of for this area.
The one bright spot? The break faces Southeast and the optimum swell direction is also SE, so if a proper swell ever arrives, it will be lined up. But sadly, within this 16-day window, that just doesn't happen. Honestly, for this stretch, the kite surfers might get more out of the wind than we will.
Signing off,
Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 22°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | |||||||||||||||
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) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 12 | SE 5 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 28 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 178 | 43 | 85 | 34 | 29 | 39 | 18 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:58AM1.43m | 9:11PM1.65m | 9:33AM1.50m | 9:46PM1.62m | 10:08AM1.56m | 10:23PM1.56m | 10:45AM1.60m | 11:03PM1.48m | 11:28AM1.62m | 11:49PM1.39m | 12:18PM1.63m | 00:44AM1.30m | 1:14PM1.63m | 1:44AM1.22m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:34PM0.15m | 3:04AM0.06m | 3:13PM0.12m | 3:36AM0.05m | 3:53PM0.13m | 4:11AM0.06m | 4:38PM0.16m | 4:49AM0.10m | 5:31PM0.21m | 5:35AM0.14m | 6:32PM0.26m | 6:28AM0.19m | 7:36PM0.30m | ||||||||
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 | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
 | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:27 | — |
mm | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 35 |
Feels °C | 28 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 36 | 35 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 4 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 |
| kJ | 28 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 43 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 39 | 7 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | SSE 6 | S 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | — | E 6 | SE 8 | SSW 5 | — | — | S 5 | SE 9 | E 5 | SE 10 | ESE 5 | ESE 5 | — | SE 8 |
| kJ | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 10 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 20 | 20 | 85 | 9 | 4 | — | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | S 5 | E 9 | E 6 | E 9 | — | E 5 | — | SE 15 | SE 14 | — | — | SE 7 | — | S 4 | — | W 4 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ENE 4 | E 5 | — | S 3 | S 4 | SSW 4 | WNW 2 | S 4 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | SE 12 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSW 4 | WSW 2 | SW 3 | WNW 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 23 | 11 | — | 1 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 178 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 23 | 38 | 82 | 205 | 322 | 327 | 373 | 2479 | 67 | 293 | 36 | 1176 | 554 | 1236 | 122 | 244 | 1505 | 47 | 148 | 61 | 102 |
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