Surf Forecasts:
The Harbour surf forecast from 2 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 7 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period, SSE swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 4PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, SSE swell with 125 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 7 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SSE 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 Monday (Sep 07) at 7AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.1m and 6s period. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at The Harbour in the next 16 days are 1.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 5s period and expected on Sunday (Sep 06) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 7AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 7AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Mon 7th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for The Harbour over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Hey, Rusty here. Gotta be honest, the next sixteen days at The Harbour are looking pretty grim. There’s no real highlight, no reason to get excited. We’ve got a whole lot of flat and poor conditions, with just one brief moment that’s barely worth a mention. For a beach/groyne spot that’s usually fairly consistent, this is a quiet stretch – but it happens.
We’ve got a four-day gap of nothing right from the start. The water temp is about normal for this time of year, nothing special. Then on Monday, September 7th, we finally see something: a 4ft swell from the SSE, with a short period of 6 seconds and weak energy at 91. The wind is light offshore from the SSW, so it’ll be clean and glassy in the morning, but that little bump is just barely surfable. That afternoon, the wind picks up to 22 mph offshore, the swell bumps to 4ft and energy to 125 (still weak), but that strong wind will mess it up.
After that, it’s a long dry spell. From Tuesday the 8th all the way to Wednesday the 16th, there’s nothing but zeros and poor conditions. A few mornings have blown-out cross-off winds and no swell. Thursday the 10th shows waist-high 4ft dribble from the north with 4-5 second periods and energy around 50-59 – weak and crumbly. By the 12th, onshore winds kick up and it’s choppy and hopeless. A couple of days mid-month like Sunday the 13th have a 2ft bump from the north, with a 7-second period and 71 energy, but the wind is fresh offshore, so it’s clean but tiny. Honestly, for an intermediate break, this is more of a kiteboarding stretch than a surf.
The last day, Thursday the 17th, shows no swell at all with a light offshore – flat.
So, if you’re really keen, Monday morning the 7th is your only real shot, with clean, glassy conditions on a knee-high wave. It’s not going to get your heart pumping. The rest of the window is a bust. For a spot that can be fairly consistent, this is a lean period – but forecasts can change, so keep an eye out.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | SE 2 | NNE 11 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | NE 10 | SW 5 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | NE 8 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 |
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 kJ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 125 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:00AM4.25m | 5:33PM3.91m | 5:47AM4.07m | 6:21PM3.73m | 6:44AM3.83m | 7:20PM3.54m | 8:00AM3.61m | 8:41PM3.42m | 9:37AM3.53m | 10:11PM3.48m | 11:05AM3.65m | 11:26PM3.70m | 12:13PM3.87m | 00:25AM3.98m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:06AM0.85m | 11:21PM1.13m | 11:50AM1.12m | 00:10AM1.34m | 12:45PM1.45m | 1:19AM1.56m | 2:05PM1.74m | 2:56AM1.65m | 3:46PM1.84m | 4:36AM1.47m | 5:14PM1.70m | 5:50AM1.13m | 6:15PM1.46m | ||||||||
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 | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — |
 | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:46 | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Feels °C | 10 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | NNE 12 | NNE 11 | SE 5 | SE 6 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | NE 10 | SW 5 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | SE 6 | NE 8 | N 8 | N 16 |
| kJ | 1 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 45 | 38 | 47 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 10 | N 10 | SE 5 | — | — | N 7 | N 9 | N 4 | — | — | — | — | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | SE 6 | — | N 7 |
| kJ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 15 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 7 | NNE 9 | N 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 2 | SE 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | SSW 4 | S 4 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 72 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 55 | 87 | 91 | 125 | 45 | 62 | 37 | 39 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 172 | 180 | 60 | 302 | 58 | 181 | 632 | 688 | 632 | 357 | 152 | 58 | 60 | 171 | 181 | 0 | 726 | 723 | 505 | 643 | 625 |
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