City Beach groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, cobber, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but there are definitely some windows where you’ll want to be in the water.

The big story is a run of solid, long-period WSW groundswell. We’ve got plenty of energy, but it’s not always going to be clean. That 16-second period stuff is proper groundswell, so it’ll have push behind it, but at a beach/groyne setup it can get a bit straight and unorganized. The water is also running much colder than normal for this time of year, so a quality 4/3 or even a 5/4 is going to be your friend. No mucking around with a spring suit.

Right off the bat, Friday the 14th afternoon is looking like a treat. City Beach groyne (Perth) will be seeing 6ft of WSW swell with a 16-second period, and it’s glassy with a light SE breeze. The combined energy is strong at 1743. This is a standout for sure, but the size and power are definitely for the more experienced crew. Beginners should give this one a miss.

The weekend is a bit of a letdown, to be honest. Saturday has the swell, but the wind swings around and mucks it up. Sunday morning is clean-ish with a cross-off breeze, but the onshores get in during the afternoon and chop it all up. Not the greatest.

Monday the 17th is a write-off. Strong winds, rain, and building surf. Don’t even bother looking.

Tuesday the 18th is where it gets big. The swell jumps to 12ft, but it’s just too much muscle for City Beach groyne. The energy readings are off the charts (6048-6081), but it’s a close-out. Unless you’re a gunslinger, sit this one out. This is only for experts, and even then, it’s going to be a battle.

We get a bit of a lull on Wednesday, but the wind is on it, so it’s still ugly. Then we have another standout on Thursday morning, the 20th. It’s back to 10ft of WSW swell, but the wind is glassy again with a light NE breeze. The energy is strong at 3847. It’s another powerful one, so again, for the experienced surfers, this is going to be a great session. But it’s a Tuesday morning, so you might have it to yourself if you can sneak out.

The following week starts to settle down. Friday the 21st has some clean morning waves in the 6ft range, and then we are looking at a nice run with Saturday the 22nd afternoon. That’s when you see 6ft of swell, a 17-second period, and a gentle offshore E wind. That’s perfect for the groyne, and the energy at 2051 is decent. This is looking like the pick of the second week.

After that, there are a few more days of chopped-up conditions and onshores. It’s not until the 26th that we get another window, with a much smaller, cleaner 8ft swell and an offshore E wind on Wednesday morning. Then the 28th has a couple of cleaner windows in the morning, but the big standout is the afternoon of the 28th. It’s an 8ft swell with a super long 19-second period. That’s a big, powerful, clean groundswell, but with that period it’s going to be fast and hollow. The energy is huge at 4578. That could be one for the experts to really get excited about, but it’s over a week away, so keep your fingers crossed the wind holds. The 29th is bigger again, but the southerly wind will chop it up.

So, my call: The standout sessions are this Friday the 14th morning, and next Thursday the 20th morning, if you’re experienced. For everyone else, look towards Saturday the 22nd afternoon or Wednesday the 26th morning for the cleaner, more manageable waves. The long-range stuff on the 28th looks promising, but we'll see.

The stretch between the 17th and 19th is a real write-off, and it gets onshore again later in the first week. But it won’t stay flat for long with all this energy moving through.

Rusty, out.

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