Surf Forecasts:
Waverly surf forecast from 9 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 12 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, E swell with 86 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Waverly this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Waverly in the next 16 days are 1.0m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 12) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Wednesday (Jul 15) at 2AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Sun 12th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Waverly over the next 16 days.
Alright, let’s look at what’s brewing. Honestly, it’s a quiet stretch ahead for Waverly. There’s a bit of a pulse trying to show up late in the game, but you’ll be waiting a while.
The water temp is sitting at 77°F, which is about 5°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’s notably warm, but that’s about the only thing that’s happening for a while.
We start on Thursday, July 9th with a tiny 1ft easterly windswell and a cross-shore breeze, but it’s messy and the combined energy is a weak 40 – not worth suiting up. Friday morning the 10th sees a clean offshore wind from the west, but the swell is only 2ft and short-period from the south, so it’s still a skunk. Saturday morning the 11th is glassy, but again, it’s a tiny 1ft SSE swell with a period of just 5 seconds – you’d be floating around doing nothing.
This pattern of small, weak, or onshore windswell just keeps rolling through until the middle of the month. There’s a stretch from the 9th right through to the morning of Saturday the 18th where there’s genuinely nothing worth recommending. That’s over a week of flat, poor conditions.
Now, the standout moment arrives on Saturday, July 18th. The afternoon brings a jump to 5ft from the south at 7 seconds, with a clean cross-offshore wind from the southwest. The combined energy ramps up to 234 – that’s a moderate, punchy swell. This is the best on offer by a long shot. It’s not huge, but it’s the biggest we’ll see, and the winds will keep it clean. The swell direction is straight from the south, which is not the optimum SE direction for Waverly, but with the clean conditions, it’ll still offer some fun, walled-up waves. This one is for the intermediate crew, as it’s not too big for them.
The morning of the 18th itself offers 4ft at 117 combined energy, also clean, so that whole day is your window. After that, we drop back into weaker, smaller surf for the rest of the forecast. The 21st of July sees a bit of a bump at 3ft but with a choppy onshore wind, so it’s not as good.
So, if you’re keen, circle Saturday the 18th. The rest of the fortnight is a write-off, with mostly tiny, onshore, or weak windswell. That’s the reality of it for Waverly at the moment.
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NE by Sun morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | |||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 17 | 25 | 14 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 35 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 3:51PM1.32m | 4:13AM1.02m | 4:55PM1.41m | 5:22AM1.03m | 5:56PM1.49m | 6:27AM1.07m | 6:55PM1.57m | 7:27AM1.12m | 7:51PM1.62m | 8:24AM1.17m | 8:45PM1.63m | 9:18AM1.21m | 9:36PM1.61m | 10:11AM1.24m | |||||||
Low Tide | 10:33PM0.16m | 10:23AM0.03m | 11:39PM0.09m | 11:25AM-0.00m | 00:40AM0.02m | 12:25PM-0.04m | 1:38AM-0.05m | 1:25PM-0.08m | 2:32AM-0.10m | 2:22PM-0.10m | 3:24AM-0.13m | 3:17PM-0.10m | 4:14AM-0.13m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 |
 | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:23 | — | 8:22 |
mm | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 26 |
Feels °C | 25 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | S 4 | S 5 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 7 | ESE 6 | S 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | S 5 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 17 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 16 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | E 7 | E 8 | E 9 | E 8 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 6 | — | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | — | SE 8 | S 4 |
| kJ | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 13 | — | 16 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | E 8 | ENE 7 | E 7 | — | — | — | — | S 7 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | E 17 | — | NE 4 |
| kJ | — | 15 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | SSW 4 | — | SW 3 | — | — | ENE 3 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 5 | — | ESE 7 | — | — | — | S 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | — | — |
| kJ | 10 | 25 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | 10 | 26 | 35 | — | 51 | — | — | — | 7 | 22 | 13 | 16 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 305 | 1 | 53 | 46 | 53 | 168 | 1092 | 564 | 546 | 1092 | 546 | 52 | 2633 | 87 | 73 | 113 | 95 | 115 | 73 | 177 | 598 |
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