Centreville Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it for Centreville Beach.

Honestly, the outlook for the next 16 days is pretty grim. There’s no two ways about it. The first few days are a write-off with poor, choppy conditions. It’s not until Saturday the 12th that we see a glimmer of something rideable, but even then it’s only marginal. We basically have a week of poor surf ahead before any real hope shows up. The week after that is also mostly poor, so this is a long stretch of quiet.

The first real chance to wet a line comes Saturday morning the 12th. We’ve got clean-ish conditions with a light offshore wind from the NW, and a small SW groundswell rolling in at 3ft with a period of 14 seconds. The combined energy is moderate at 622. It’s only a marginal surf, though, so don’t expect much. The water temp is around 56°, which is about average for this time of year, so it won’t be a shock. Saturday afternoon remains similar, with a light offshore from the WNW and a 3ft SW swell. It’s just about enough for a small log.

Now, the big curveball comes Sunday the 13th. The swell shifts to the NW and it's a short-period windswell, only 8 seconds, and it's going to be a messy one. The morning sees 4ft, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. The afternoon pushes up to a solid 6ft, with the combined energy jumping to a strong 1014, but the wind is still bad. That sort of size, with that short period and cross-onshore wind, is going to be a blown-out washing machine. Honestly, with those conditions, a beach break like this might be more fun for a kite surfer than someone on a paddleboard.

The best of a bad bunch, if I have to pick one, is Thursday the 17th afternoon. We get a tiny, clean 2ft S swell with the wind going offshore from the NW at just 6 mph. The period is a decent 16 seconds, so there might be a long, glassy little nugget if you're patient and on the right board. It’s only a 1 out of 10, but with the offshore wind, it’ll be the cleanest look you get. Thursday morning is a similar story but with a slight cross-offshore wind from the WSW.

The rest of the fortnight is just more of the same: small, weak swells, cross-onshore winds, and choppy surfaces. There’s a big gap of nothing from Sunday the 20th right through to the end of the period, with poor conditions from strong winds. We’re looking at a long blank run, which for this area, is a more normal dry spell.

Keep it on the back burner and maybe look for another spot up the coast.

Rusty.

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