Surf Forecasts:
Waverly surf forecast from 28 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 2 Sep, 2PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period, SE swell with 96 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Waverly this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Waverly in the next 16 days are 0.6m 11s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 02) at 2PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 03) at 5AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2PM (Wed 2nd Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) 11s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Waverly over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a good look at Waverly for the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I’ll be honest with you – it’s a grim run. We’ve got a long gap of flat, junk surf to sit through before anything even worth mentioning shows up.
Right now, we’re looking at weak, poor surf with combined energies barely scraping into double digits – you’re looking at numbers like 65 and 59 (weak energy). The swell is tiny, around 2ft from the ESE with a short period of 8 seconds. It’s clean enough with glassy conditions on Friday the 28th, but the ocean just has no push.
This dry spell stretches all the way through Saturday, Sunday, all of next week, and into the start of the second week. The swell stays scrappy – 1ft, 1.3ft, sometimes with cross-shore junk and onshore chop. The combined energy often drops into the teens and single digits, which is about as weak as it gets. For days on end, it’s a poor outlook.
There is finally a flicker of life much further out. Come Sunday the 6th of September, we see a small rise – still just 2ft, but the period stretches to 11 seconds, which gives it some proper groundswell shape. The combined energy climbs to 89 (moderate energy). The direction is from the E, and the wind goes light offshore from the WSW. It’s not big, but it’s clean and surfable. By Monday the 7th, you’ve got offshore wind from the NW at 15 mph, still 2ft at 11 seconds from the E, and combined energy hits 96 (moderate energy). That’s the best we’re going to get, and for Waverly that means clean, weak but ridable lines. Perfect for a longboard or a funboard.
Best of the fortnight: It’s not a classic, but Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th are the only windows that look worth paddling out. The offshore wind will keep it clean, and the longer 11-second period means better shaped waves, even if they’re small. The swell direction from the E isn’t a perfect match for the optimum SE direction for the breakwater setup here, but with the wind in your favour, don’t sleep on it.
Crowds: Waverly can get crowded sometimes, so expect company when the conditions finally line up.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Fri night, min 19°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the ENE by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | ||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 4 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 45 | 47 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 77 | 90 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 8:19PM1.41m | 8:41AM1.21m | 8:55PM1.41m | 9:16AM1.26m | 9:30PM1.38m | 9:52AM1.32m | 10:07PM1.33m | 10:30AM1.35m | 10:47PM1.26m | 11:13AM1.37m | 11:31PM1.19m | 12:01PM1.38m | 00:22AM1.10m | ||||||
Low Tide | 2:42AM0.07m | 2:45PM0.09m | 3:15AM0.04m | 3:26PM0.07m | 3:49AM0.02m | 4:08PM0.08m | 4:25AM0.02m | 4:54PM0.10m | 5:03AM0.04m | 5:44PM0.13m | 5:46AM0.07m | 6:41PM0.17m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — |
 | 7:37 | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:28 | — |
mm | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | 4 |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
Feels °C | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 4 | SSE 4 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 45 | 47 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 90 | 47 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | SSE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 4 | S 4 | — | SE 8 | SE 12 | — | E 5 | — |
| kJ | 7 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 24 | — | 2 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 11 | E 10 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | ENE 5 | S 5 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 14 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 3 | NE 5 | — | — | — | S 3 | — | — | ENE 3 | — | — | SSW 2 | SSW 3 | S 4 | S 3 | S 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 165 | 303 | 278 | 546 | 418 | 113 | 278 | 1094 | 1176 | 1176 | 1549 | 168 | 342 | 52 | 15 |
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