Surf Forecasts:
12th Street Jetty surf forecast from 30 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 2 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period, SE swell with 87 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for 12th Street Jetty this week:
The most powerful waves expected at 12th Street Jetty in the next 16 days are 0.6m 12s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 02) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 5s period and expected on Monday (Aug 31) at 2AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Wed 2nd Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for 12th Street Jetty over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s on offer.
Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough stretch. We’re looking at 12th Street Jetty, and honestly, for the next two weeks, the surf is barely a whisper. The water is a warm 77°F right now, which is about 4°F above normal for this time of year, so it’s much warmer than usual. Feels like a bath, but the waves are letting us down.
The first real sign of life doesn’t show up until Wednesday morning, September 2nd. We get a tiny pulse of 2ft swell from the southeast, with a long period of 11 seconds. The energy is still weak, sitting at only 97. The wind is glassy from the NNW, so conditions will be clean, but the waves are just ordinary. Thursday afternoon, September 3rd, sees a slight bump with 2ft from the ESE, period of 9 seconds, and energy at 93. The wind is cross-off from the WSW, so it’ll be clean, but still, it’s not much to write home about.
Then we hit a dry spell. From Friday, September 4th, all the way through to Tuesday, September 10th, the swell drops right off, with heights mostly below 2ft and energy barely cracking double digits. Winds are a mixed bag, but none of it makes for a decent wave. The whole period is a write-off. There’s a slight uptick on Wednesday, September 9th afternoon, with 4ft from the ENE, but the period is a short, weak 7 seconds, and the wind is a cross-onshore mess. The energy is moderate at 272, but the conditions are poor – that’s more of a wind-swell chop for the kite crew than us paddlers.
The outlook stays bleak. From Thursday, September 10th, through to Monday, September 14th, we’re looking at nothing but 0.6ft to 1ft swells. The wind does turn offshore from the NW on the 12th and 13th, which is nice and clean, but there’s simply no swell to push. It’s a clean, flat pond.
So, to wrap it up: there are no standout sessions in this 16-day window. The only small window of anything surfable is around Wednesday, September 2nd and Thursday, September 3rd. The rest is a long gap of flatness. It’s a quiet period for 12th Street Jetty, and I’d keep an eye out for a change in the longer-range forecasts, but for now, I’d give the board a rest.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | ||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SSW 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 |
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 kJ | 11 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 75 | 63 | 44 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | off | glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 10:09PM1.32m | 10:32AM1.36m | 10:52PM1.26m | 11:15AM1.37m | 11:41PM1.19m | 12:05PM1.36m | 00:38AM1.13m | 1:02PM1.35m | 1:40AM1.09m | 2:04PM1.33m | 2:46AM1.06m | 3:11PM1.33m | 3:56AM1.07m | |||||||
Low Tide | 4:12PM0.05m | 4:24AM-0.02m | 4:54PM0.07m | 4:59AM0.00m | 5:38PM0.11m | 5:38AM0.05m | 6:30PM0.16m | 6:25AM0.11m | 7:36PM0.21m | 7:27AM0.17m | 8:54PM0.22m | 8:47AM0.20m | 10:07PM0.18m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
 | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — |
mm | — | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 21 |
Feels °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | E 6 | SE 9 | S 6 | S 7 | SSE 6 | S 6 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 5 |
| kJ | 11 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 75 | 63 | 44 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SE 8 | S 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | E 6 | SE 9 | E 6 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 5 | — | SE 9 |
| kJ | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | — | 12 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 13 | — | S 4 | S 5 | — | SSW 5 | — | E 6 | — | NE 4 | E 7 | — | — | E 9 |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | SSW 5 | — | — | SSW 3 | — | S 4 | SSE 4 | — | — | S 5 | — | S 6 | — | — | NW 2 | N 2 | NNE 3 | ENE 5 | — |
| kJ | 5 | 35 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | 24 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1555 | 2 | 1103 | 974 | 410 | 410 | 1542 | 87 | 160 | 1542 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 590 | 1400 | 2770 | 2189 |
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