Antenot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this next 16-day stretch at Antenot is a tough one to write up. There’s no real standout session. The swell is tiny and the conditions are mostly ordinary. The whole forecast period is a blank run of poor surf, with nothing to get excited about. For this area, that’s just how it goes sometimes.

The first real sniff of anything happens Wednesday, September 16 morning, but it’s barely a pulse. There’s a 3 ft swell creeping in from the WNW, with a short 7-second period – not much push behind it. The combined wave energy is weak at 86. Mornings are glassy, which is a bonus, but the wave quality is still only described as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” Antenot is a breakwater spot, inconsistent, and exposed to W – the swell direction is WNW, which isn’t far off the optimum W, but it doesn’t matter when the size is this small.

The water temp is 86° – much warmer than normal for the time of year, with a 5° anomaly. That’s notable.

From there, it’s more of the same right through to the 26th. The swell wavers between 1 ft and 3 ft, always from the WNW, with periods between 5 and 7 seconds. The combined energy stays well below 100 (weak energy). Wind mornings are often glassy, but afternoons get knocked around by onshore or cross-onshore breezes up to 22 mph, turning things choppy and lumpy. Every single session in the Finder file is rated poor or ordinary. No exceptions.

So what’s a surfer to do? If you’re absolutely desperate to wet a line, the glassy mornings on the 16th, 17th, or 18th might give you a knee-high dribble to practice pop-ups on. But honestly, this setup looks way more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer – there’s enough afternoon wind and tiny, weak swell to make it a kite-friendly zone. For a real surf, you’re better off waiting for a change in the forecast. It tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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