Surf Forecasts:
West Dale surf forecast from 12 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 14 Jul, 1PM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period, SW swell with 49 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for West Dale this week:
The most powerful waves expected at West Dale in the next 16 days are 0.3m 18s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 14) at 1PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.2m 6s period and expected on Monday (Jul 13) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 1PM (Tue 14th Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) 18s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for West Dale over the next 16 days.
G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you – the next couple of weeks aren’t offering much for a surfer. We’ve got a long, quiet gap ahead. The first real chance of anything surfable doesn’t show up until Friday the 24th of July, and even then, it’s a bit of a mess. That’s a solid 12-day stretch of flat or tiny, poor-condition waves from this Sunday the 12th. Conditions are mostly clean, but there’s just no swell to work with – we’re talking 0.3ft to 2ft at best, with weak wave energy (the combined energy sits between 10 and 62 for most of that period).
The water temp at West Dale is sitting at 62°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a small comfort if you’re just going for a paddle.
The only period that even looks like it might have something happens around Friday the 24th of July. We get a pulse of 5ft swell from the NW, but the wind is a strong cross-onshore breeze at 28 mph, so it’s messy. The wave energy jumps to 167 (moderate), but the quality is poor. The next day, Saturday the 25th, has a similar story: 5ft from the SW in the afternoon, but it’s onshore and lumpy. Then on Sunday the 26th, we see the biggest swell of the window – 8ft from the WSW, but it’s blown out by a 22 mph onshore wind, making it only for the experts and even then, pretty ugly. The energy is strong (1292), but the conditions are junk.
If you’re a kite surfer, that Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th might be worth a look, because the wind is strong and the swell is there, even if it’s not pretty for a paddle board. For a surfboard? I’d save the petrol. The breaks are exposed, but this run looks pretty normal for the area when it’s this quiet.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Sun night, light winds from the SSW by Tue morning). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 15 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | W 10 | WSW 10 | SSW 16 | WSW 9 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 |
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 kJ | 10 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:17PM5.23m | 5:47AM5.32m | 6:14PM5.59m | 6:43AM5.58m | 7:07PM5.92m | 7:34AM5.77m | 7:56PM6.15m | 8:22AM5.84m | 8:43PM6.23m | 9:08AM5.79m | 9:28PM6.14m | 9:52AM5.62m | 10:12PM5.91m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 11:19AM1.00m | 11:52PM0.79m | 12:18PM0.69m | 00:49AM0.42m | 1:11PM0.40m | 1:41AM0.14m | 1:59PM0.19m | 2:29AM-0.02m | 2:45PM0.11m | 3:15AM-0.02m | 3:28PM0.17m | 3:58AM0.13m | 4:11PM0.36m | ||||||||
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 | 5:16 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 9:34 | — | — | 9:32 | — | — | 9:31 | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | 9:29 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | 3 |
Temp °C | 24 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
Feels °C | 23 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | SE 4 | N 6 | SE 6 | SE 5 | N 6 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | N 6 | N 5 | WSW 9 | N 4 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 |
| kJ | 11 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 49 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 4 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 15 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | WSW 10 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | N 5 | SSW 14 | W 8 | N 5 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | W 8 | W 8 | SW 11 |
| kJ | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 12 | SE 4 | SSW 7 | SW 14 | SSW 7 | SSW 16 | WSW 9 | SSW 14 | W 8 | SW 15 | SW 12 | N 5 | W 8 | SW 13 | SW 11 | W 8 |
| kJ | 10 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | N 4 | E 4 | NNE 5 | N 5 | E 3 | N 5 | N 5 | — | E 4 | N 4 | — | SE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 3 |
| kJ | 15 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 17 | 24 | — | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 130 | 140 | 406 | 137 | 137 | 130 | 11 | 17 | 130 | 140 | 101 | 179 | 11 | 17 | 159 | 237 | 174 | 188 | 355 | 1097 | 319 |
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