Chinamans Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s cut through the next couple of weeks for Chinamans. It’s a bumpy start, but there are a couple of real windows if you play it smart. Water temps are pretty much normal for the season, nothing weird there.

The first few days are not worth the hassle. Monday the 7th has small, wonky surf with an onshore breeze making it a choppy mess. Tuesday the 8th sees the swell jump to a solid 7ft, but the wind is poor and the surface gets torn up, especially later in the day. There’s some energy in the water, but it’s not clean.

Things get proper grunty on Wednesday the 9th, with a big 10ft to 12ft pulse that has massive power behind it, but the strong onshore wind will kill it. That’s a day for watching, not paddling. The wind stays onshore through Thursday the 10th, keeping the 8ft surf lumpy and hard to ride.

We finally see some relief on Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th. Friday has a smaller 6ft to 6ft with a light cross-shore breeze, so it’s scrappy but cleaner. Saturday the 12th is the first genuine highlight. It’s a clean 5ft dropping to 5ft in the afternoon with a nice cross-offshore wind. Not huge, but it’s clean and fun. The energy is moderate and the conditions are finally good. That’s your first real wave.

Sunday the 13th sees the swell drop to 4ft, but the early morning has a fresh offshore wind and the afternoon is clean with a light cross-offshore breeze. It’s small but clean. Then we hit another dodgy patch on Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th where the wind gets messy and the waves get smaller and chopped up.

The swell comes back with a vengeance for the middle of next week. Tuesday the 15th sees a 7ft pulse, but it’s onshore and messy. Wednesday the 16th and Thursday the 17th keep the size around 7ft to 8ft, but the cross-shore and onshore winds keep things lumpy. A lot of water moving, but not great quality.

The main event is looking like it’s going to be Saturday the 20th of September. After a smaller Friday, we’re expecting a clean 8ft of SW groundswell with a light cross-offshore breeze. This one has the size, the direction, and the clean conditions all lining up. It’s a week and a half out, so we can’t lock it in fully, but it’s the one I’d be marking on the calendar.

It fades out after that with smaller, cleaner waves on the 21st and a long-period swell on the 22nd that could be interesting if the wind plays ball. But for my money, that Saturday the 20th is the standout. Get it in the diary.

Rusty.

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