Austinmer Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a yarn about Austinmer Beach. This stretch of sand is about as beginner-friendly as they come, but the 16-day window is a real mixed bag. We’ve got a proper pulse of energy arriving midweek, but the wind will be the big talking point. The water temp sits at 65°F, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no wetsuit dramas for the locals.

The first real surf worth paddling out for lands on Wednesday, 16 September in the morning. A solid 10ft S swell rolls in with a 10-second period, packing a massive 1948 combined energy rating – that’s a strong, powerful groundswell. The wind is cross-shore at 19 mph, creating some lumpy cross-chop. This one is too big for beginners and pushing into expert-only territory. The swell direction is from the south, but the optimum direction here is east, so there’s a bit of a mismatch. For a surfer who’s got the skills, the power is there, but it’s not going to be clean.

Thursday, 17 September morning drops to a 7ft SSE swell (9 seconds, 817 energy) with a light cross-shore breeze at 6 mph. Still too big for beginners, but it’s a step towards manageable for intermediates. The wind is light, so small crossing ripples are the only thing messing with the surface. Again, the swell direction (SSE) isn’t the optimum east, so it won’t be perfect.

The standout of the whole outlook is Friday, 18 September morning. Conditions go glassy with a 4ft SSE swell (9 seconds, 362 energy). This is a moderate, clean, surfable size for a range of abilities. The combined energy is moderate, the wind is a flat calm, and that southeast swell matches up reasonably well with the exposed beach. It’s the kind of morning you set the alarm for.

After that, the surf fades right off. From Friday 18 September afternoon through to Sunday 27 September morning, most sessions are either poor surf conditions, marginal, or just flat. There are short windows of clean, glassy conditions on Saturday 19 September afternoon (2ft S swell, 115 energy) and Friday 25 September morning (2ft S swell, 114 energy), but the waves are small and ordinary. For a week and a half, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Things get a little more interesting again on Sunday 27 September morning with a clean 3ft ENE swell (8 seconds, 123 energy) and light cross-offshore wind, but it’s still very ordinary. By Monday 28 September, we’re back to fresh cross-onshore winds and lumpy, poor conditions.

All up, the only real standout is that glassy Friday 18 September morning. The rest of the run is mostly wind-affected, too big, or too small. If you’re a beginner, stay out of the water on Wednesday and Thursday. For the advanced crew, that Wednesday morning is a heavy, raw slab of ocean, but not perfectly groomed.

Rusty

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