ADs/Doubles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Oi, Rusty here again. Looking at the same 16-day window for ADs/Doubles, and I gotta say, it’s a tough watch. Mostly we’re sitting on our hands for a good chunk of it.

The run starts Sunday the 13th with tiny, weak surf. We’re talking 2-3ft NNE to NE swells with short periods, and the wind is a constant cross or cross-onshore breeze at 12-22 mph, chopping everything up. The water is a warm 81°F, normal for the season, but the energy is pitiful. It stays like that – small and ugly – until Wednesday the 16th.

Wednesday arvo, we get a bit of a pulse: a 3ft SSW groundswell with a long 18-second period. The energy reading jumps to 796, which is moderate, but that long period groundswell usually runs straight at beach breaks, and the wind is still cross, so it’s messy. No good.

From Thursday the 17th, the swell size comes up – 7ft from the ENE on Thursday, with energy over 1100. But the wind is a fresh 22-25 mph cross-shore, creating lumpy, messy waves. It’s getting a bit heavy for beginners, and the conditions are all chop. More for the kites than the paddles.

The back half of the outlook, from the 20th of September through to the 28th, brings consistent swell. Wave heights stay between 5ft and 8ft from the E to ENE, with huge energy numbers in the 900-1200 range. But here’s the whole story: the wind never lets up. It’s a constant cross to cross-onshore breeze from the ENE at 19-25 mph. The session on Wednesday the 23rd shows a marginal 8ft E swell with an 11-second period and 1266 energy, but it’s just too messy. There is no clean, offshore day anywhere in this window. No glassy dawny. No standouts.

If you’re keen on strong side wind and big chop, there’s plenty of that. But for a clean surf? It’s a big ol’ blank. The area can go through these runs; it just is what it is.

Rusty.

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