Beacon Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I'll be straight with you – this 16-day outlook for Beacon Point is a tough one. We're not exactly looking at a surf forecast that's gonna get the heart racing. There are some very small windows where it might be worth a look, but for the most part, you're better off leaving the board in the car.

We're starting off with a long, quiet run. From Saturday the 12th right through to late on Tuesday the 23rd of September, there's nothing really worth paddling out for. It's a stretch of tiny, weak, and mostly messy conditions. The swell is tiny, mostly under 2 ft, and the wind is all over the shop – mostly cross-on or onshore, making things choppy. There's a brief moment on the morning of Saturday the 19th with glassy conditions and the tiniest 1 ft from the NE, but at a short period of 7 seconds, it's just not doing anything. That's a solid 11-day gap of pretty average surf.

Finally, things start to show a pulse around Wednesday the 24th of September. The morning session at Beacon Point sees a bit more life. The swell picks up to 3 ft from the ENE with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined swell energy hits 122 – that's a moderate reading, so there's some push behind it. The real winner here is the wind: WSW at 10 km/h, blowing clean offshore. That'll groom the face nicely. The water temp is sitting at 83°F, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there. It's still small, but for a beginner-friendly point break like this, it's the best we've got in the whole period. The afternoon stays clean too, with a 2 ft swell and offshore SW winds at 15 km/h. It's not a standout by any stretch, but it is the standout of this forecast.

Thursday the 25th keeps the trend going with another clean morning, 2 ft from the ENE at 9 seconds, and light cross-off winds from the west at 10 km/h. The energy drops a bit to 58, so it's softer, but still surfable. The afternoon gets a bit blown out again.

Then we get a bit of a curveball on Saturday the 27th of September. The morning is glassy, dead calm, with a 4 ft NE swell. That's the biggest swell of the window, but the period is a poor 6 seconds – very short period windswell. It's going to be lumpy and weak, but if you're desperate, the clean conditions might make it okay for a log or a foamie. The combined energy is 104, so there's a bit of juice, just not the quality.

Bottom line: this is a pretty barren run. The only real call is Wednesday the 24th and maybe Thursday the 25th mornings for some clean, if small, waves at Beacon Point. After that, it's back to small and messy. Don't get your hopes up too high, but keep an eye on the charts – things can change.

Rusty.

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