Ansteys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at ya.

First up, let's be straight with you: Ansteys is our only option on the table for this 16-day stretch, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. We’re looking at a break that's exposed to the east, so it needs the right angle to really work. The water temp is sittin' at 69°, which is about a degree and a half colder than what you'd usually expect for this time of year – a little nip in the air, a little chill on the skin.

The first few days are a write-off. Tuesday the 1st through to Thursday the 3rd have swell, but the wind is all over the shop, mostly cross or onshore, keeping things ordinary. The energy is weak to moderate, with values like 159 and 356 popping up, but nothing that’ll get your heart racing.

Then we hit Friday the 4th and the swell jumps right up—13ft from the SSE with a combined energy screaming 3180. That’s a lot of water moving, but the wind is howling from the south at 25 mph, blowin' straight onshore. It’s messy, it’s lumpy, and honestly, it looks more interesting for the kite crew than for a surfer with a shortboard.

Now, Saturday the 5th is your standout. Mark it down. The morning is glassy—zero wind—and we’ve got a solid 8ft swell from the southeast with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is a meaty 988. The conditions are glassy. That’s the kind of morning where you paddle out and the only thing you hear is your own breath. If you can get a wave, it’ll be clean. Just a heads up, the swell is over 5ft, so it might be a bit much for the beginners, but for the intermediates, it’s game on.

Sunday the 6th sees the wind pick up again, and Monday the 7th brings a massive 12ft swell from the south with a long period of 16 seconds. The combined energy hits 6842. That’s a big, powerful groundswell. The wind is favorable, but the swell is too big for this break—it’ll be a washing machine and only for the experts. Long-period swells like this tend to race past beach breaks, but if you’ve got a point or a reef, they can be gold.

The rest of the second week—from the 8th to the 16th—is a real struggle. The wind stays predominantly from the northeast, cross-shore, and the swell direction drifts around. There’s energy in the water, with values hitting over 1000 at times, but the wind and the quality just don’t line up. There’s a brief moment on Saturday the 12th with an 8ft ENE swell and a light breeze, but it’s marginal at best. Honestly, after that Saturday glass-off, the forecast gets thin. There's a long gap of almost no recommendations after the 7th, with only a couple of marginal days on the 12th and 15th. It’s a dry spell.

So, to wrap it up: your best bet, the one true standout, is Saturday the 5th at *Ansteys*. Glassy, clean, 8ft of southeast swell. That’s the one. Everything else is a wind battle or too big.

Rusty.

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