Surf Forecasts:
The Wharf Lefts surf forecast from 25 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 27 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period, E swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 28 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period, E swell with 653 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 27 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for The Wharf Lefts this week:
The surf forecast for The Wharf Lefts over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 27) at 8PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 13s period with a secondary swell of 0.7m and 14s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at The Wharf Lefts in the next 16 days are 1.4m 13s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 28) at 11AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 3.0m 7s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 01) at 2PM.
| Wave Type | Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8PM (Mon 27th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 13s |
| Best Surf | 8PM (Mon 27th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 13s |
| Most Powerful | 11AM (Tue 28th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 13s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for The Wharf Lefts over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Rusty here again, but this time with everything in feet and knots for imperial heads.
First half of this run is a real struggle. The opening weekend, July 25th and 26th, has waist-high swell, about 3 to 3 feet, but that ENE breeze is blowing a steady 16 to 19 knots, putting a lot of bump on the surface. Saturday morning is the best of a poor bunch, with clean 3ft surf on the reef and moderate energy (658), but that cross-off wind just makes it a fight. Sunday is more of the same: surfable but far from pretty.
Monday and Tuesday, July 27th and 28th, the swell bumps up a touch, with Tuesday morning seeing waves around 5ft and moderate to high energy (806), but it’s still cross-off. Tuesday afternoon goes clean for a moment with an offshore 13 knot breeze from the NE, but the wave height drops to about 2ft from a long-period SSW groundswell (14 seconds), and the energy (150) is too weak to really fire the reef. It’s a hint of good shape, but no power behind it.
Starting July 29th, it’s grim. There’s a solid ten-day stretch of near-flat conditions through to August 8th. Wave heights hover around 1 to 2 feet, with combined energy falling from 200 down to a piddling 23. Wind is cross-off and sometimes strong, but you can’t paddle those little lumps. This is a normal dry spell for the area when the consistency drops out.
There’s one bright spot right at the end. On Sunday, August 9th, the morning sits glassy with a light south wind at only 3 knots. The swell is still small, about 2ft, but it’s a long-period 17-second groundswell from the SW (energy 236). On a reef like The Wharf Lefts, that kind of period can produce a clean, lined-up wave at low tide. It’s the only real standout in the whole set. Crowds are listed as ‘sometimes’, so it might be a quiet one if you’re up early. Just don’t expect big waves.
So for The Wharf Lefts, the long-range call is almost all quiet. Circle Sunday, August 9th, for a glassy, clean but small session. Everything else is a pass.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 24°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the E by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 14 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 428 | 491 | 486 | 376 | 366 | 280 | 289 | 276 | 414 | 653 | 145 | 192 | 198 | 204 | 187 | 192 | 152 | 130 | 161 | 149 | 137 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:13PM0.69m | 1:47AM0.22m | 2:50PM0.72m | 2:32AM0.23m | 3:24PM0.73m | 3:13AM0.25m | 3:56PM0.73m | 3:51AM0.27m | 4:26PM0.73m | 4:30AM0.29m | 4:55PM0.70m | 5:12AM0.32m | 5:23PM0.66m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:47PM0.13m | 7:07AM0.02m | 10:15PM0.11m | 7:49AM0.01m | 10:41PM0.10m | 8:29AM0.01m | 11:05PM0.09m | 9:07AM0.02m | 11:29PM0.08m | 9:46AM0.03m | 11:53PM0.07m | 10:27AM0.07m | 00:17AM0.06m | ||||||||
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 | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — |
 | — | 7:08 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 11 | NE 10 | NE 9 | SSW 13 | ENE 8 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 428 | 491 | 486 | 376 | 366 | 264 | 289 | 276 | 414 | 653 | 1109 | 1350 | 687 | 379 | 187 | 161 | 130 | 123 | 117 | 149 | 137 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | S 11 | S 11 | E 14 | S 10 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 5 | S 14 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 169 | 63 | 37 | 148 | 8 | 280 | 225 | 222 | 160 | 143 | 145 | 192 | 198 | 204 | 9 | 192 | 152 | 130 | 161 | 75 | 44 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | NE 16 | ENE 15 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | S 16 | ENE 11 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SSE 6 | N 9 | ENE 15 | N 8 | N 8 |
| kJ | 61 | 10 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 115 | 17 | 15 | 58 | 111 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 12 | 12 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NNE 9 | N 6 | SSE 3 | S 3 | ENE 8 | — | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | 418 | 505 | 465 | 429 | 501 | 281 | 237 | 258 | 172 | 147 | 186 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 280 | — | 220 | 242 | 325 | 512 | 471 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 14 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
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