Asling's Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf, to be honest. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy waves ahead before things finally wake up. We’re talking mostly poor conditions with tiny, short-period swells and a lot of cross-shore or onshore wind messing things up. It’s gonna be a test of patience.

The first real chance of anything decent doesn’t show up until Sunday the 23rd. Asling's Beach is sheltered, so it might offer a clean but very ordinary wave in the morning. We’re looking at a small 3ft swell from the SSE with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is light WSW, which is cross-offshore and should keep it clean. It’s weak energy though, only 156 on the combined scale, so don’t expect much power. It’s more of a longboard or a funboard kind of day, if anything.

The window opens up a bit more on Tuesday the 25th. The surf picks up to 5ft in the morning with a light glassy E wind, and the combined energy jumps to 358 – that’s a moderate feel to it. The period is still a bit short at 9 seconds, but it’s clean and could be okay for a beginner session. The afternoon gets a touch bigger at 5ft, but the wind goes cross-shore and the energy bumps to 450. Still, the forecast notes it as marginal, so I wouldn’t cancel plans for it.

Now, here’s the one to watch. Wednesday the 26th is the standout of the whole run, and it’s over a week away, so treat this as promising but not set in stone. The morning brings a solid 8ft swell from the S with a 9-second period. The wind is light N, which is cross-offshore and will keep it clean. The raw energy is massive – 1715 on the scale, which is very strong. The afternoon is even more powerful, hitting 2045, but the wind picks up to 30 km/h from the NNE. That’s still cross-offshore, but it’s a fresh breeze and could get a bit wild. This is expert territory – 8ft is not for the faint of heart. It’s going to be big and powerful, and the short period will make it suck up and dump. For the experienced crew, this could be a proper session.

After that, things settle back down. Thursday the 27th has some size in the morning at 5ft, but the wind is onshore and messy. The afternoon drops slightly to 4ft with glassy conditions, but it’s still rated as ordinary.

Right, let’s talk water temp. On that first mention of Asling's Beach, the water is sitting at 59° with a temperature anomaly of 0.2°. That’s pretty much average for this time of year, so just your regular wetsuit, maybe a hood if you’re cold-blooded.

There’s one more day of size on Friday the 28th, with 5ft in the morning, but the wind is cross-shore and it’s messy. The afternoon has 4ft but gets hit with a fresh 30 km/h onshore wind, so that’s a write-off.

Unless you’re an expert looking at that Wednesday window, this is a pretty quiet stretch. We’ve got a lot of small, weak days with poor conditions. It’s the kind of run where you might be better off fixing your board or checking the tides for a reef. The surf will come back, it always does.

Rusty.

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