Austinmer Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty.

Alright, let’s cut to it. The next couple of weeks at Austinmer Beach are a proper mixed bag. There’s a bit of a flat and messy start, but if you’ve got patience, the back half of the window has some genuine standouts that are worth circling on the calendar.

The first few days are a write-off, to be honest. Monday the 10th kicks off with a clean looking 6ft ENE swell, but the cross-off wind is fresh and the energy is all over the place (497). It’s just poor surf. Tuesday doesn’t get much better, though a late S swell bumps things up to 5ft with a better period, but it’s still marginal. We’re just not seeing any quality here. The water temp is sitting at 64°, which is about normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The gap in real quality stretches from that Monday right through the week. Wednesday the 12th is small and ordinary, and Thursday the 13th builds back to 6ft and 7ft, but the winds are junk – cross and cross-onshore, making it choppy. Friday morning the 14th is the first glimmer of hope – a clean 4ft S swell with glassy conditions, a bit of light energy (239), but it’s right on the edge of being worth the paddle. That’s about it for the first week.

The weekend and early next week are pretty grim. The swell drops right off, the wind turns onshore from the SE and it gets properly messy. There’s a 5ft S swell on Sunday the 16th, but the wind is howling cross-onshore and the period is short and weak. Kite surfers might be eyeing that one off, but for a paddle surfer, you’re fighting a losing battle. This run of poor conditions lasts for a solid few days.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. The real standout is the morning of Sunday the 23rd of August. We’ve got a 6ft S swell with a 7-second period, but the wind is a light N cross-off and the water is clean. The energy jumps right up (675), and the comment is “very good surf conditions.” That’s the one to wait for. It’s not huge, but it’s clean, has some push, and will be much more fun than anything we’ve seen for over a week.

Then, Monday the 24th doubles down. The morning holds a crisp 6ft SE swell with gentle cross-off winds, and the energy is strong (706). The afternoon looks even better with a clean offshore wind and the swell at 6ft (739). Two solid days of quality in a row, that’s the heart of this forecast.

Finally, Tuesday morning the 25th is another standout. A 4ft E swell with a very long 13-second period, clean and glassy conditions. This is proper groundswell, and with the E direction matching the break’s optimum, it should have some good shape to it. The energy is up there (647), and it’s another “very good” call. Just remember the long period – it might be a bit straight at times on a beach break, but it should still offer some nice lines. That Tuesday afternoon gets a bit iffy with the cross-onshore picking up, so get on it early.

The second week is all about those three sessions: Sunday morning, Monday, and Tuesday morning. They’re a bit far out, so treat them as promising, not set in stone. But as it stands, that’s the pick of the bunch. The rest is just noise.

Stay salty.

Rusty

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