Surf Forecasts:
36th Street surf forecast from 12 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 16 Aug, 8PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period, S swell with 164 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 36th Street this week:
The most powerful waves expected at 36th Street in the next 16 days are 1.6m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 16) 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 1.7m 6s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 16) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Sun 16th Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 36th Street over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, I’m Rusty. Honest truth – the next two weeks at 36th Street are mostly a dud. There’s a long stretch of flatness and junk conditions, with only a couple of moments worth paddling out.
Starting Tuesday the 11th, the water’s a balmy 78°F, which is 4°F warmer than normal – that’s a big anomaly, feels like a hot tub. But the surf is a miserable 0.3 ft from the SE with a combined energy of just 6, and a cross-shore wind kills it. Wednesday morning the 12th stays clean with a light offshore breeze, but still only 0.3 ft and flat. Thursday, Friday, and the weekend all repeat the same story – tiny waves, mostly under 2 ft, with weak energy.
Saturday the 15th morning sees a little bump to 2 ft from the ENE, with a clean cross-offshore wind, but the energy is still only 19. It’s rideable if you’re keen, but nothing special. Sunday the 16th afternoon gets messy with a 19 mph cross-onshore wind and a jumbled 2 ft swell – that’s kite-surf territory, not paddle. Monday the 17th is dead flat with zero energy.
The first decent window is Tuesday the 18th morning. We get a 1.0 ft SE groundswell with a long 15-second period – that’ll wrap in clean with a light offshore. The combined energy is 46, still weak, but the glassy conditions and long-period lines could give you a few fun waves at the jetty. It’s the best of a sorry lot. It fades to choppy by afternoon.
Wednesday the 19th brings a bit more size at 2 ft from the SE (77 energy), but onshore wind messes it up. Thursday and Friday stay small and mediocre. Saturday the 22nd is lumpy with cross-onshore wind and 3 ft of E swell (89 energy) – not worth the effort.
The real standout is Sunday the 23rd morning. Swell hits 4 ft from the SSW, with a short 6-second period, but the combined energy is a moderate 139 – the best of the whole forecast. The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the NNW, so it’ll be the cleanest, most powerful surf of the stretch. That’s your morning. The afternoon drops back to tiny 0.7 ft leftovers. Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th are back to small and ordinary.
Last chance is Wednesday the 26th morning: 3 ft from the E (67 energy) with a clean cross-offshore breeze. It’s okay, but by afternoon the wind swings onshore and it gets lumpy.
Bottom line: if you’re paddling out, make it Sunday the 23rd morning – that’s the only proper window. Everything else is tiny, weak, or flat. Tough run for 36th Street.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri night, min 19°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun night, calm by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||
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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) | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 3 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | SE 9 | S 5 | S 7 | SSE 7 | NE 4 | NE 4 |
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 kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:10AM1.25m | 8:30PM1.59m | 9:00AM1.30m | 9:17PM1.56m | 9:48AM1.34m | 10:03PM1.49m | 10:34AM1.35m | 10:47PM1.39m | 11:20AM1.33m | 11:31PM1.27m | 12:06PM1.30m | 00:16AM1.15m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:15AM-0.07m | 2:11PM-0.07m | 3:02AM-0.10m | 3:04PM-0.08m | 3:48AM-0.10m | 3:55PM-0.05m | 4:32AM-0.07m | 4:45PM0.00m | 5:14AM-0.01m | 5:35PM0.07m | 5:56AM0.06m | 6:27PM0.15m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — |
 | 7:59 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:51 | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 |
Feels °C | 29 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 8 | S 4 | S 3 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | ENE 4 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | — | — | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 62 | 34 | 12 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 9 | NE 4 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | — | — | — | NE 4 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 7 | — | E 14 | S 5 | S 5 | E 13 | SE 9 | — | — | — | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 4 | — | SSE 3 | S 6 | S 5 | S 7 | NNE 3 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 1 | 20 | 83 | 204 | 1 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 288 | 1436 | 1192 | 964 | 213 | 2432 | 1013 | 1113 | 419 | 548 | 711 | 3198 | 785 | 1230 | 1231 | 18 | 1 | 44 | 170 |
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