Bar Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m gonna level with you – the next sixteen days are a bit of a struggle. We’ve got a long stretch of poor-quality, onshore slop, and not much to get excited about. We start with a gap of about three days where there’s nothing worth paddling out for.

From Sunday the 16th through to Tuesday the 18th, it’s onshore, messy, and choppy. Winds are howling from the SE at 12 mph on Sunday, and the swell is a short-period 5 ft from the SE, with weak energy (318). The water is a bit colder than normal for the time of year at 63°F. Monday and Tuesday don’t improve much – same story, onshore wind, small, weak swell.

Finally, on Wednesday morning the 19th, we get a tiny window. The wind goes glassy with 0 mph. The swell drops to just 2 ft from the ESE, but the period climbs to 10 seconds, giving it a bit more shape. The energy is moderate (198). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That glassy morning is the only real chance to get something clean, but you’ll be scratching for waves.

After that, we hit another dead zone. Thursday the 20th through to Sunday the 23rd is all weak, windy, small junk. Swell sizes bottom out at 1.0 ft with periods of 6-8 seconds and barely any energy (16-36). Not worth a look.

Then Monday the 24th brings a weird one – a long-period, 19-second groundswell from the SSE, but only 1 ft on the morning with a moderate offshore from the WNW at 12 mph. The energy is moderate (160). It’s clean, but that size is barely a ripple. More interesting for a longboard if you’re desperate.

Tuesday the 25th sees a jump in size but quality is shot. A solid 5 ft swell from the S with a 12-second period rolls in, and the energy is strong (880). But it’s ruined by a fresh 19 mph SSW cross-shore wind that’s lumpy and choppy. This is too big for beginners and only for experts if they can handle the mess.

Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th are similar – decent swell heights in the 4 ft to 4 ft range, S and SSE direction, with moderate to strong energy (340-456), but winds are fresh and cross or cross-onshore. Not clean.

From the 28th on, it’s back to tiny, weak, and windy again, with only the last morning of the month, Monday the 31st, showing a tiny glimmer. A 2 ft S swell with a 6-second period, light offshore NW wind at 9 mph. Clean, but barely surfable.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Wednesday morning the 19th at Bar Beach. It’s the only morning with glassy conditions, and though the swell is small, the 10-second period gives it some life. Crowds are possible there. Otherwise, the whole run is poor. The only real size comes on the 25th with 5 ft, but the wind is a write-off. It’s a tough outlook.

Rusty.

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