Surf Forecasts:
Strandhill surf forecast from 16 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 18 Jul, 7PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period, NW swell with 39 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Strandhill this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Strandhill in the next 16 days are 0.6m 7s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 18) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Sat 18th Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Strandhill over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a grim stretch for Strandhill. The forecast is almost a total write-off for decent paddle surf, with a gap of over a week before anything even gets close to interesting. The water is sitting at 63° right now, which is a whopping 5° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a real standout, a proper freak warm spell that’s very unusual.
We start off on Thursday, the 16th of July, with barely a ripple. You’re looking at a tiny 0.7 ft of swell and glassy conditions, but the combined energy is a measly 8. It’s just not enough to push a surfboard. That same flat, poor-quality pattern drags on day after day. Friday and Saturday the 17th and 18th are a bust with onshore winds and weak, choppy swell. The whole first week, right through to the 23rd of July, is a desert. The swell is tiny, the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, and the periods are short and weak. You’d be wasting your time.
Now, there’s a flicker of life in the second week. On Friday the 24th, the swell bumps up to 3 ft from the WNW with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy climbs to a moderate 236. That’s the biggest energy we see in the whole window. But the wind is cross-onshore, so it’s going to be messy. This trend continues into the weekend of the 25th and 26th, with similar sized swell, but the wind is still not playing ball. It’s not completely unsurfable, but it’s pretty ordinary.
The real standout, the only one that gets my heart beating a little, is the morning of Monday the 27th of July. We get a proper offshore wind from the SE, blowing at 9 mph, and the swell is 3 ft from the WNW with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is moderate at 111. This is the only window with clean, offshore conditions. The size is mellow, but those clean faces will be a welcome change. It’s a shallow wave, so it’ll be shapely, but pretty small. The crowds are a factor here, so expect some company if you paddle out. After that, the outlook fades again into the end of the month with weak, onshore conditions.
So, bottom line: if you’ve got the patience of a saint, the morning of the 27th of July is your only real shot. It’s not gonna be epic, but it’ll be clean. The rest of this 16-day window? Leave the board in the car and go for a walk.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||
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) | W 9 | W 10 | W 9 | W 8 | NNW 6 | WNW 8 | NW 5 | NNW 4 | NW 7 | W 13 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 |
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 kJ | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 8:14PM3.94m | 8:41AM3.18m | 8:59PM3.86m | 9:26AM3.06m | 9:43PM3.68m | 10:11AM2.91m | 10:28PM3.41m | 10:57AM2.76m | 11:14PM3.10m | 11:47AM2.63m | 00:05AM2.80m | 12:45PM2.53m | 1:06AM2.56m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:44PM0.09m | 2:30AM-0.00m | 2:27PM0.14m | 3:16AM0.10m | 3:11PM0.27m | 4:00AM0.28m | 3:55PM0.47m | 4:45AM0.51m | 4:43PM0.71m | 5:32AM0.74m | 5:38PM0.96m | 6:24AM0.96m | 6:45PM1.16m | ||||||||
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 | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:59 | — | — | 9:58 | — | — | 9:55 | — | — | 9:54 | — | — | 9:53 | — | — | 9:52 | — | — | 9:51 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
Feels °C | 22 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 7 | NW 7 | NW 6 | W 8 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 10 | NW 11 | WNW 10 | W 8 | — | W 8 | W 7 | W 9 | W 9 | W 12 | W 9 | — | — | NW 6 | NNW 6 | — | NNW 3 | — | NW 6 | — |
| kJ | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | — | — | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | W 7 | W 13 | — | NNW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | NW 6 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 12 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NNW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 6 | NNW 5 | NW 5 | NNW 4 | — | — | NW 6 | NNW 4 | NW 6 | NNW 3 | — | — | NW 2 | — | NW 6 | WNW 2 | NW 5 |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 11 | — | — | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 100 | 257 | 99 | 293 | 2221 | 100 | 239 | 417 | 5 | 38 | 302 | 100 | 100 | 256 | 99 | 104 | 294 | 209 | 294 | 1201 | 209 |
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