Big Rock Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s run through what Big Rock’s got coming up over the next couple of weeks.

The water’s sitting at 76°, which is about 8° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s very unusual, so you’ll be sweating in your wetsuit if you wear one.

We start off Saturday the 29th of August with a bit of early hope. Saturday morning brings a clean 4ft SW groundswell with a very long 16-second period. The combined energy is moderate (632) and the wind is light offshore from the west – that’s good for clean faces. The wave comment calls it marginal due to tide, but for the advanced crew, that morning could offer some nice, well-shaped waves. That’s the best of the early days. By Saturday afternoon, the wind jumps to 20 km/h from the WNW and the surf turns poor.

Sunday the 30th through to early September is a write-off. Swell hangs around 3ft to 4ft, but the wind is mostly cross-onshore and the surf is poor or marginal. Energy drops from the 600s down to the 200s by Tuesday the 1st of September. Small, weak and choppy.

Thursday the 3rd of September has a 4ft SSW swell with a 12-second period and light offshore wind, but tide and conditions still look marginal. Not a standout.

Friday the 4th brings a nice long-period 17-second SW groundswell at 3ft, but the cross-onshore breeze and poor conditions keep it from being anything special.

Monday the 7th of September gets more interesting. Morning shows a 5ft SSW swell with 13-second period and light cross-onshore wind. Energy is strong at 840. Still marginal though. By the afternoon, the swell hits 6ft with energy at 1031 – that’s strong. Still light cross-onshore, but only marginal conditions.

Then Tuesday the 8th of September is the big one. Morning delivers a 8ft SSW swell with a 13-second period and light cross-onshore wind. The combined energy is very strong at 1862. The wave comment says wind and tide are favourable, but the swell is too big for this break – experts only. Afternoon pumps to 12ft with energy at 3305 – same story. If you’re an expert and the wind stays light, that afternoon could be absolutely firing, but it’s serious.

Wednesday the 9th drops off fast – morning shows a 5ft SSW swell but the period is a short 7 seconds, so it’ll be weak and messy. Energy is moderate at 635. Afternoon fades to 2ft. From there, the surf stays small and poor through to the 13th, with only the odd marginal window.

So the standout is Tuesday the 8th of September – that’s your session if you’ve got the chops. The rest is mostly small, choppy or marginal.

Rusty.

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