Surf Forecasts:
Wooden Jetties surf forecast from 30 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 3 Aug, 5PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period, SSE swell with 54 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Wooden Jetties this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Wooden Jetties in the next 16 days are 0.8m 7s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 03) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 5PM (Mon 3rd Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Wooden Jetties over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Gather 'round, crew. Rusty here. Let's be straight up: this 16-day window is one of those tough stretches where the ocean seems to be holding its breath. There’s no decent surf on offer for the whole period. None. Zero. Zilch.
We've got a solid run of flat, weak conditions from now through until at least the 14th of August. Every single session at the local break, Wooden Jetties, is flagged as poor. The swell is tiny—we're talking 0.3m to 0.8m at best, which is about 1ft to 3ft, with short, weak periods (4 to 9 seconds) coming mostly from the SSE or SE. The combined swell energy never breaks out of the weak zone, sitting at values like (49), (23), or even as low as (7). That’s barely a ripple.
Water temp is sitting at 25° on the 30th of July, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.
Now, the winds do offer a few clean windows. On the morning of the 31st of July, we get glassy conditions with a 0.4m (1ft) SSE swell. On the 5th of August morning, we have clean, cross-offshore winds on a 0.4m (1ft) SE swell. The morning of August 7th is glassy again on a 0.6m (2ft) S swell. Even the morning of August 11th has clean, light winds on a 0.1m (0.3ft) swell. But clean or not, when it’s that small and weak, you’re just floating. There’s no power, no shape, and no wave to ride.
If it were a bigger swell with these onshore winds, I’d say it looked more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. But honestly, it’s too small for that too.
This is just one of those spells where the forecast is a long, quiet gap. It happens. Don’t lose hope—forecasts can shift, and the ocean is always full of surprises. But for now, save the wax and take a long walk on the beach.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 20°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Sun night, min 23°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 46 | 42 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 54 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross | cross | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:34AM1.28m | 8:41PM1.51m | 9:10AM1.30m | 9:16PM1.49m | 9:47AM1.33m | 9:54PM1.45m | 10:26AM1.36m | 10:35PM1.40m | 11:10AM1.40m | 11:23PM1.34m | 11:58AM1.44m | 00:17AM1.29m | 12:50PM1.47m | 1:13AM1.23m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:40PM0.19m | 3:17AM0.04m | 3:20PM0.18m | 3:51AM0.04m | 3:58PM0.19m | 4:24AM0.05m | 4:37PM0.20m | 4:56AM0.06m | 5:19PM0.23m | 5:32AM0.09m | 6:11PM0.26m | 6:15AM0.12m | 7:18PM0.30m | ||||||||
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 | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — |
 | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:05 | — |
mm | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 21 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 46 | 42 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 54 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | — | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SSE 4 | E 6 | S 7 | S 8 | E 5 | SSE 4 | — | E 9 | — | E 8 | — | S 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | E 10 |
| kJ | 3 | — | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | — | — | — | SE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | NE 6 | SE 9 | E 6 | E 5 | E 6 | — | — | E 8 | — | E 8 | — | E 8 | E 12 | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 3 | ENE 5 | — | — | SSE 3 | S 3 | — | SSE 7 | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 1 | 15 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 41 | 9 | 10 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 21 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 13 | 130 | 24 | 19 | 268 | 13 | 268 | 294 | 479 | 1165 | 1243 | 1058 | 1210 | 128 | 128 | 24 | 1126 | 1210 | 1247 | 1376 | 518 |
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