Surf Forecasts:
The Harbour surf forecast from 19 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Sunday 19 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period, NE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 19 Jul, 10AM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period, NE swell with 388 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 19 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for The Harbour this week:
The surf forecast for The Harbour over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 19) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.3m and 8s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at The Harbour in the next 16 days are 1.6m 9s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 19) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Saturday (Jul 25) at 4PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10PM (Sun 19th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 10PM (Sun 19th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Sun 19th Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for The Harbour over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab a coffee and listen up. It's a pretty lean run here for the next couple of weeks, so don't get your hopes up too high.
Right now and for most of the next 16 days, The Harbour is looking like a no-go for any proper surfing. You've got a long stretch of very little to no rideable swell. We're talking a full block from Sunday the 20th right through to the end of the month, with waves mostly under 2 ft and a lot of flat spells. The energy is next to nothing – like tiny readings for most of it. Honestly, from Monday the 21st evening, it's flat for days on end. The wind is messy too, mostly cross to cross-onshore in the first week with a moderate breeze.
The only real glimmer in this whole outlook is around Sunday morning, the 19th of July. We get a pulse of 5 ft swell from the NE, with a period of 9 seconds and moderate energy. That's the biggest we'll see, but it's a Sunday... and the wind is a cross-on moderate breeze, so expect it to be choppy. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so nothing to write home about there.
For the second week, it’s pretty dry. A couple of clean mornings with offshore breezes, but no swell to speak of. The confidence in any surf is low for that period. This is a classic gap: a long, quiet spell where the swell just doesn't show up. You might get a clean, glassy morning on Thursday the 23rd of July but with zero swell, it’s just a paddle.
So, the standout, if you can even call it that, is the Sunday morning on the 19th. It's the biggest swell of the forecast, but the quality is shot. For anyone not desperate, just leave the board in the car. This setup, with the onshore wind and medium-sized swell at a beach/groyne, would honestly be more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer right now.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sat night, calm by Sun night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue night, calm by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 8 | NE 7 | E 7 | E 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | N 3 | N 6 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | NE 8 | S 4 | SSE 4 | NE 6 | SSW 5 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | S 4 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 388 | 342 | 176 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:26AM4.26m | 6:10PM3.81m | 6:12AM4.05m | 6:57PM3.61m | 7:02AM3.81m | 7:48PM3.44m | 8:01AM3.57m | 8:47PM3.32m | 9:11AM3.40m | 9:52PM3.30m | 10:24AM3.33m | 10:56PM3.36m | 11:32AM3.36m | 11:53PM3.49m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:47AM0.60m | 11:52PM1.24m | 12:32PM0.87m | 00:38AM1.42m | 1:21PM1.17m | 1:30AM1.61m | 2:15PM1.44m | 2:34AM1.76m | 3:18PM1.65m | 3:50AM1.82m | 4:27PM1.75m | 5:11AM1.75m | 5:33PM1.73m | ||||||||
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 | 4:39 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:46 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:43 | — | — | 9:42 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 9:37 | — | — | 9:36 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Temp °C | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Feels °C | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | N 6 | — | NE 6 | NE 8 | NNE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 5 | N 7 | N 7 | — |
| kJ | 388 | 342 | 176 | 79 | 49 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 30 | — | 35 | 54 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | E 8 | E 7 | E 6 | N 9 | N 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 4 | SSE 4 | E 6 | NE 6 | — | — | N 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 6 | E 6 | — | E 5 | N 8 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 3 | — | NNE 5 | — | S 3 | — | SW 4 | S 4 | — | SW 4 | SSW 4 | S 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 23 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 24 | 27 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 52 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 820 | 136 | 495 | 814 | 234 | 360 | 172 | 196 | 136 | 58 | 180 | 292 | 1355 | 171 | 179 | 180 | 171 |
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