Surf Forecasts:
West Dale surf forecast from 27 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 28 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period, WSW swell with 92 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 1.1m 6s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 28) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 5s period and expected on Monday (Aug 03) at 7PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Tue 28th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for West Dale over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer at West Dale over the next couple of weeks.
Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a tough run. We’re looking at a major dry spell to kick things off. There’s nothing worth paddling out for from Monday the 27th of July all the way through to the end of the first week of August. That’s a solid ten days or more of flat, onshore, or just plain messy conditions. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the energy is barely registering. It’s a real bummer, and I wouldn’t bother getting the wetsuit wet.
The one ray of hope, and it’s a promising one, shows up on Saturday the 8th of August. The swell finally wakes up, but it comes with a serious caveat. We see a jump in wave height to 6 ft on Saturday morning, pushing 7 ft by the afternoon, out of the WSW. The period is short at 8 seconds, so it’s windswell, but the combined energy is strong at 461, and then 558. That’s proper power. The problem? The wind is howling out of the SSE at 22 mph in the morning, turning to a raw SW 22 mph cross-onshore in the afternoon. It’s gonna be lumpy, choppy, and pretty wild. This is an expert-only window if you’re determined to get a piece of it, but for your average surfer, it’s going to be a frustrating, messy battle. The water temp is 62°F with a +0.6°F anomaly, so pretty normal for this time of year.
After that brief blast of energy, it drops off again. Sunday the 9th of August still has some size, 6 ft to 5 ft, but the wind is straight onshore out of the WSW at 22 mph, making it junk. And then it’s back to tiny, weak, and onshore until the end of the forecast period.
So, the standout window is the weekend of the 8th and 9th of August. The Saturday morning session (08 August) is the best of a bad bunch if you’re skilled and comfortable in messy, powerful conditions. The swell height and energy are there, but the wind is a nightmare. It’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean paddle-out.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | ||||||||||||||
PM | 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) | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 3 | W 5 | W 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | WSW 6 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 53 | 92 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 34 | 20 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 43 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 23 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross | cross-on | on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:09PM4.76m | 6:30AM4.75m | 6:49PM5.07m | 7:08AM5.00m | 7:25PM5.35m | 7:42AM5.21m | 7:59PM5.56m | 8:15AM5.36m | 8:31PM5.71m | 8:48AM5.44m | 9:04PM5.76m | 9:21AM5.46m | 9:38PM5.73m | |||||||
Low Tide | 00:37AM1.26m | 12:51PM1.14m | 1:15AM0.98m | 1:27PM0.88m | 1:51AM0.74m | 2:01PM0.67m | 2:24AM0.57m | 2:34PM0.54m | 2:57AM0.48m | 3:06PM0.49m | 3:29AM0.46m | 3:38PM0.53m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — |
 | — | 9:17 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:13 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:07 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | WSW 6 | SW 11 | S 12 | WSW 5 | W 11 | W 10 | W 5 | W 10 | NNW 4 | W 9 | WSW 6 | N 4 | W 11 | W 5 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 5 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 4 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | — | W 8 | W 8 | SW 14 | SW 13 | S 13 | W 10 | S 13 | W 10 | — | W 9 | W 9 | — | WSW 10 | — | W 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 5 | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 18 | — | 5 | 13 | 4 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 11 | S 11 | W 12 | W 8 | S 13 | — | S 6 | S 6 | S 13 | — | — | W 12 | S 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 3 | — | W 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | NNW 4 | W 5 | W 5 | NNW 4 | W 4 | — | — | NNW 3 | N 3 |
| kJ | 53 | — | 30 | 19 | — | 9 | 6 | — | 34 | 20 | 52 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 331 | 114 | 139 | 154 | 130 | 168 | 352 | 343 | 374 | 413 | 343 | 179 | 188 | 425 | 177 | 630 | 355 | 178 | 360 | 101 |
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