Surf Forecasts:
Stockton surf forecast from 6 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 12 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period, SSE swell with 149 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Stockton this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Stockton in the next 16 days are 1.5m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 12) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 5s period and expected on Wednesday (Jul 08) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Sun 12th Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Stockton over the next 16 days.
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Howdy, Rusty here.
I’ll be straight with you – from now all the way through Tuesday the 21st of July, Stockton is offering zero decent surf. There are no good options in the sixteen-day window. The swell is pitiful, and when it’s not, the wind ruins it. If you’re determined to go, bring a longboard and a lot of patience, but honestly, you’re better off waiting for the next system.
Monday the 6th kicks off with storm risks and a messy 0.5m SSE swell at 4 seconds. Cross-onshore wind at 12 mph, choppy. Not a chance. Tuesday the 7th drops to 0.3–0.4m, but the morning is dead calm – glassy, with WNW wind at 0 mph. That’s the closest to “nice” we get, but combined wave energy is only 25 – barely a ripple. Tuesday afternoon cleans up with a cross-offshore ENE breeze at 12 mph, but still tiny. Wednesday the 8th stays small, 0.3m, with a clean morning under cross-off wind. Energy weak (18). Thursday the 9th brings rain and onshore wind at 15 mph with 0.5m swell – ugly.
Friday the 10th bottoms out at 0.2m ESE swell, cross-shore and choppy – skip it. Saturday the 11th looks clean in the morning under WNW cross-off breeze, but still only 0.3m. Sunday the 12th sees the biggest swell of the whole run: Sunday afternoon hits 1.3m from the SE, period 5 seconds (windswell), combined energy 93 – moderate – but cross-onshore at 15 mph and choppy. Not worth paddling out.
From Monday the 13th through Tuesday the 21st, it’s all small fries: 0.3–0.9m, with a few clean morning windows under WNW or NW winds. But the swell lacks size, period, and energy. Combined energy never tops the low 60s. Monday the 13th has a strong offshore from the NNE at 25 mph (energy 53) – clean but tough to paddle into at 0.7m. That’s a kite-surf wind, not a paddle-surf wave. The rest is flat, choppy, or onshore.
No standout day here. Stockton is a beach and jetty break, exposed to the SE, and this run of tiny, short-period junk just doesn’t deliver. Water temp on Monday the 6th is 77°F, a solid 6°F warmer than average – much warmer than usual.
Keep your eye on the forecasts, but for the next two weeks, don’t get your hopes up.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 22°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 10 | ENE 6 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | E 6 | E 7 | SSE 8 | S 4 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 5 | SSE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 23 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 76 | 60 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 1:17PM1.31m | 1:22AM1.34m | 2:04PM1.39m | 2:15AM1.28m | 3:00PM1.46m | 3:19AM1.22m | 4:06PM1.55m | 4:34AM1.19m | 5:11PM1.66m | 5:41AM1.21m | 6:10PM1.76m | 6:42AM1.26m | 7:09PM1.84m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 7:03PM0.32m | 7:27AM0.13m | 8:02PM0.31m | 8:14AM0.13m | 9:10PM0.29m | 9:10AM0.12m | 10:23PM0.23m | 10:13AM0.09m | 11:30PM0.14m | 11:16AM0.04m | 00:31AM0.05m | 12:16PM-0.02m | 1:31AM-0.05m | ||||||||
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 | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — |
 | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — |
mm | 2 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 |
Temp °C | 26 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Feels °C | 28 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 10 | ENE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 60 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 5 | NE 4 | SSE 5 | SE 10 | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | E 10 | SE 10 | E 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | S 7 | — | — | E 6 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 8 | — | — | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ESE 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | — | SE 9 | SSE 6 | E 10 | — | ESE 10 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 8 | ESE 10 | — | — | SE 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | — | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | E 6 | — | — | SSE 8 | S 4 | W 3 | W 2 | WNW 3 | NNE 3 | E 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 5 | W 4 |
| kJ | 10 | 9 | 7 | — | 12 | 40 | 53 | 43 | — | — | 41 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 76 | 33 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1378 | 1378 | 64 | 47 | 209 | 24 | 209 | 350 | 24 | 47 | 513 | 12 | 123 | 82 | 102 | 323 | 350 | 352 | 419 | 1045 | 377 |
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