Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, me again. Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ at Anawhata Road (Oaonui) over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with ya – the start is a total write-off. We’ve got nothing to surf for about the first three days. The wind is howling from the wrong direction, slamming into this exposed reef break, making it unsurfable. Forget about it.

Come Wednesday the 16th, things start to look a little more interesting. On Wednesday arvo, the wind eases and goes cross-offshore, cleaning things right up. The swell is only small, a touch under 3 ft from the WSW with a moderate period of 13 seconds. It’s a marginal call, but that wind will make it look tempting. The real standout in this forecast is shaping up much further out.

Thursday the 17th is where you want to circle on the calendar. In the afternoon, we get a clean, fresh offshore breeze from the NNE blowing straight into this spot. The swell rises to about 5 ft from the WSW with a super long period of 14 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy – the kind that lines up and offers longer, more powerful rides. The combined swell energy (1163) is moderate, but that offshore wind, that clean face, and that pulsing swell will make for some memorable waves. Crowds are only “sometimes” an issue here, so on a Thursday, you might have it mostly to yourself.

Friday the 18th morning hangs in there with similar size (about 7 ft, WSW, 16-second period) and a cross-offshore light breeze from the SE. The energy is strong (3187), but it’s raining lightly – that’s a small price to pay.

After that, it all goes a bit pear-shaped again. The winds turn onshore or cross-onshore and the quality drops right off through the weekend and into the start of the next week. There’s a whole string of days where the swell is there, but the wind makes it a choppy, messy affair. Not worth paddling out.

Then, on Tuesday the 22nd of September, we get another potential gem. In the morning, a light offshore breeze from the NE will groom a solid 8 ft swell from the WSW. The period is 13 seconds, and the combined swell energy (2061) is strong. This one’s got “excellent” written all over it for the experienced crew. It’s a touch over 5 ft, so beginners should sit it out, but for the rest of us, that morning window will be clean and powerful.

The very end of the fortnight sees the swell hanging around but with strong onshore winds making a mess of things again.

So, overall: Thursday the 17th afternoon is the absolute pick, with Tuesday the 22nd morning being a very close runner-up. Get on it.

Rusty.

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