Agami Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this stretch we’re looking at for Agami is a real test of patience. We’ve got a long, dry run of tiny, messy surf before a couple of windows finally open up. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing out of the ordinary there.

For the first week, from Friday the 11th right through to Monday the 22nd of September, it’s pretty much a write-off. We’re stuck with small waves, mostly under 3 ft, with a short period of 5 to 7 seconds, so the energy is weak. Winds are coming from the north and north-northwest, keeping things cross-onshore or onshore, which is just making a mess of what little bump there is. The combined energy barely cracks three digits on a few days, staying mostly in the weak range. There’s nothing worth paddling out for until we hit the 18th.

Now, the first real standout is on Friday the 18th of September. The morning is the best you’ll see in this entire outlook. The swell jumps to 5 ft from the NNW with a period of 7 seconds, packing a solid moderate energy punch. The kicker here is the wind – it’s glassy. Dead flat, no wind. That’s a rare treat and it’ll make the surface look like a mirror. It’s an exposed beach break though, and with that period, it’s a bit short. But for a glassy morning, you’ll get some clean, fun little peaks to yourself. Agami rarely breaks, so this is a very special, fleeting window. The afternoon gets chopped up again by a moderate cross-onshore, so make the most of the morning session.

The other big standout is a week later on Wednesday the 23rd of September. Another morning glass-off, this time with a bit more size at 6 ft from the NW and a better period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is strong. This is a proper session – clean, glassy, and with a bit of push. Again, the wind goes light offshore from the southeast early, so it’ll be smooth. Agami is an exposed beach break, so the 8-second period is fine for it. Just keep in mind that by the afternoon, the wind swings back onshore and the quality drops.

For the few days after that, the 24th and 25th, we get a little bump from the NW (4 ft on the 24th morning), and the wind is offshore from the SE, so it’ll be clean. But the energy drops to moderate and the swell is fading, so it’s a decent session for a mellow paddle but not the standout of the fortnight.

In short: if you want the best of it, set your alarm for Friday the 18th morning and Wednesday the 23rd morning. The rest of the time, you’re looking at a flat, choppy sea.

Rusty.

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