Anzacs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here with a look at what’s coming up for Anzacs.

The next couple of weeks are a real mixed bag for the old spot. There’s some decent swell hanging around, but the wind is going to be the main character for a while, making life tricky. The first real chance for a wave with some quality won’t show up until the tail end of this coming week.

The water is sitting around 56°F at the start, and that’s a touch warmer than what we’d normally expect for this time of year, so it's a decent bit of warmth in the water.

We start things off on the 9th with some small, clean lines from the southwest at 3ft, but a Northeasterly breeze at 16 mph keeps the surface a bit lumpy. The swell energy is really weak (359). Not much to write home about.

Through Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th, the swell bumps up. On Monday morning we’re looking at 5ft from the southwest, with a very long period of 19 seconds and strong energy (1855). The problem is a gusty cross-off wind that will be tough. The afternoon goes onshore. Tuesday is similar—a drop to 4ft but with messy wind and chop. Not the kind of session you want to tell your mates about.

Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th see the swell getting bigger and more powerful. Wednesday morning pumps out 8ft (3834 energy) from the southwest, but with a screaming cross-onshore wind at 25 mph, it’s blown out and messy. That swell is over 8ft on Thursday afternoon at 10ft, so that’s strictly for the experienced crew, but again, it’s onshore and messy.

Friday the 14th offers a bit of a let-up. The wind drops to a gentle breeze. It’s still cross-onshore in the afternoon, but the swell is a solid 8ft with that long 17-second period (3074 energy). It’s still a marginal call with that chop though.

Now, things start looking up from the 16th. For the morning of Sunday the 16th, the wind is a light Easterly at 6 mph, which is a clean cross-off. The swell is a clean-looking 4ft right out of the southwest (716 energy). This is a proper window for a glassy session.

The real standout is going to be the morning of Tuesday the 18th. It’s marked as “expect very good surf conditions”. You’ve got a solid 4ft groundswell from the southwest (677 energy), with a light offshore Northerly breeze at 6 mph. That is going to be clean, groomed, and punchy. The crowds can sometimes be a factor here, so get in early.

And then again, on the morning of Wednesday the 19th, we have another “very good” window. A light offshore Northeasterly at 6 mph will be keeping it glassy with swell at 4ft and a period of 16 seconds (823 energy). That’s quality.

After that, the swell starts to fade. The 20th still offers a clean, glassy surf in the afternoon with the swell down to 3ft, but the 21st through the 24th are looking pretty grim with strong, messy onshore winds and not much quality, even though the swell energy sticks around. A long blank run to end the outlook.

So, if I’m picking my one or two windows, it’s the morning of the 18th and the morning of the 19th. Light offshore winds, clean lines, and a decent waist-to-shoulder-high southwest swell. You don’t get many cleaner opportunities than that.

Stay stoked.

Rusty

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