Cliffs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty. Look, I’m gonna be straight with you – the next fortnight here is shaping up as a real test of patience. Cliffs is the only name in the game, and it’s copping a raw deal.

Right now, things are flat and ugly. Friday the 3rd barely has a pulse – we’re talking 0.5ft of swell out of the SSW at a super long 17 seconds. The combined energy is sitting at a weak 266. Wind is howling from the ENE at 19 mph, cross-off, and while it keeps the surface clean, there just isn’t enough push to matter. Same story through Saturday and Sunday – the swell inches up to 3ft and the period drops, but the wave comment screams “poor surf conditions” and the scores reflect that.

It’s a long, grim stretch. From Friday the 3rd all the way through to Saturday the 18th, there’s not a single day worth paddling out. That’s a solid two-week gap with no recommendations. The energy does flirt with moderate numbers – like 278 on the afternoon of the 5th and 362 on Monday the 6th – but it’s all just ghost swell. The wind hangs in from the ENE between 19 and 25 mph the entire time, always cross-off, so the surface stays clean, but the waves themselves never deliver.

Water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no drama there. But honestly, Cliffs is an exposed beach-and-reef setup that’s consistent, yet it’s being starved. This is the kind of stretch where if you’re a paddle surfer, you just wait. The setup with the persistent wind and marginal, weak swell actually looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing – there’s clean wind but no real wave.

Hang in there. Forecasts can change, and it rarely stays this poor for long. When it does flick on, Cliffs can fire with a solid S to SSW swell, so keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty.

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