Amaralina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and listen up. Rusty here, looking at the next couple of weeks for us.

Honestly, it’s a tough stretch ahead. We’ve got a long wait on our hands for anything that’s truly worth paddling out for. The first real glimmer doesn’t show up until Saturday the 15th, and even then it’s a small, clean window. Before that, it’s just a whole lot of wind and messy, lumpy conditions with onshore slop.

The pattern starts with a pretty average setup. Wednesday the 12th is a write-off with a strong cross-onshore breeze making a mess of things. That trend of poor surf and choppy water lingers right through Thursday and Friday the 14th. On Friday morning, we get a tiny bit of relief with light cross-shore winds and ankle-slapping 2ft swell from the SSE, but it’s a marginal call at best with questionable tide. The combined wave energy is low at (344).

The first real breath of hope comes on Saturday morning, the 15th. At Amaralina, we’re looking at a clean, 2ft swell from the SSE with a light cross-offshore breeze out of the ENE. This is the standout window early on—just a small, clean wave with that long-period groundswell (13-second period) giving it some shape for the point. The water’s sitting at 79°, which is about 2° warmer than average for this time of year, so it feels pretty good. The combined energy is (311), which is weak but with clean conditions, it’s the best we’ve got. Just keep an eye on the crowds, they’re sometimes here for a clean, small day.

After that brief highlight, it’s back into the blender. Sunday the 16th through to Tuesday the 19th is just more onshore wind and bumpy surf. We get a pulse of 5ft on Tuesday the 18th, but it’s all on a short, messy 8-second period with a fresh cross-onshore wind (338 energy). That’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean paddle session for a beach break.

We finally see a real shift heading into the following weekend. On Friday the 21st, there’s a clean, surfable window in the morning. A light offshore breeze from the north with a small 3ft swell from the ESE. It’s not big, but the combined energy is low at (119) and the conditions are ordinary. A promising but less certain standout appears further out on Thursday morning, the 27th. The swell drops to 2ft from the SSE, but with a very clean, glassy cross-offshore breeze from the NE and a long 14-second period, it could offer a proper longboard wave. The combined energy is (292), so still weak, but the quality is there for a small wave specialist.

In short, patience is the game. The next week is a write-off for quality. The most reliable call is the clean, small surf on Saturday morning the 15th, and there’s a chance of a similar clean session on Thursday the 27th. Don’t bother with anything else until then.

Stay frothy,
Rusty

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