Austinmer Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here.

Alright, let’s get real about the next couple of weeks at Austinmer Beach. The start of this run is a bit of a mess. We’ve got a pulse of windswell coming in, but it’s messy and sloppy. Tuesday afternoon kicks things off with a junky 6 ft of SSE swell, but the wind is light onshore and it is just not doing us any favors. That’s a write-off.

Wednesday is worse. A strong southerly change moves in, whipping up 22 mph cross-onshore winds and lumpy 8 ft surf. That’s not surf for us, that’s a washing machine. Thursday morning’s bigger 8 ft southerly swell with a 10-second period is simply too powerful for this beach. It will be a close-out and way out of control. We’ll have to wait through this grovel for better days.

The first real highlight comes on the morning of Saturday the 12th. A light offshore northerly breeze is going to clean up the 3 ft SSE swell. It’s not huge, but it will be crisp and workable. The energy is moderate at 324, and the period is a proper 11 seconds, so there’s some punch in it. It’s a good time to get out before the sea breeze ruins it in the arvo.

Sunday the 13th is small, with weak 2 ft swell and onshore winds later. Monday the 14th... now we’re talking. It’s only 2 ft of S swell, but the morning has a light offshore and the afternoon goes glassy with a 5 mph NNW breeze. The water temp is sitting at 64°, which is 0.5° warmer than the long-term average, so it’s pretty standard for this time of year. Energy is weak, but the conditions are clean. That glassy arvo is a champion moment for a log or a fish.

The following week is a mixed bag. The middle of the week is just poor – onshore winds and messy waves. But keep an eye on Wednesday the 16th morning: it’s back to that glassy magic with a tiny, clean 3 ft south swell. It’ll be soft, but clean.

Now, the standout. Friday the 18th is looking proper. It’s still small, but the morning has a light offshore wind with a 3 ft S swell and an 11-second period. The afternoon gets even better as the breeze swings west-southwest and the swell drops to 2 ft but the period stretches way out to a long 15 seconds and the energy kicks up to 271. This is a long-period groundswell, and for a beach break like this, it could get a bit straight, but it will be glassy and perfect if you find a bank. Saturday the 19th holds similar clean, if tiny, conditions. The energy is weak but it’s surfable.

We get another good shot on Sunday the 20th with a clean 3 ft swell and a gentle offshore. Then things build early in the new week. Monday the 21st pushes back up to a cross-offshore with 6 ft of S swell on the morning. That’s a significant step up in size, but it could be too much for the beach breaks, and the period is a shorter 9 seconds, so it might be a bit lumpy. The afternoon drops to 5 ft and turns clean, but it’s still a bit jumbled.

After that, it just fizzles out. The last few days of the run die completely with weak, short-period windswell and poor winds. There’s a real dry spell from the 22nd onward. After that fun little run on the 18th and 20th, we’ll be looking at a flat spell for at least a few days, which isn’t uncommon here.

So, the best of the lot is that Friday the 18th. It’s not big, but the conditions are going to be flawless. The glassy afternoon of the 14th is a close second for a fun, clean surf. For this break, smaller and cleaner is far better than the bigger, wind-blown stuff.

Stay stoked.

Rusty.

Read more