Cottons Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming for Cotton’s Point over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, it’s a bit of a slow grind for most of it, but there is a little glimmer of hope right at the tail end if you’re patient.

We start off pretty flat and messy. Saturday the 4th has a tiny 3 ft SSW swell rolling in, but the wind is all over the place – morning cross, afternoon cross-on at 9 mph – so it’s chopped up and not worth paddling out for. The water’s sitting at 69°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. The combined energy is moderate (393–472), but the quality just isn’t there.

Sunday the 5th through to Tuesday the 8th is more of the same – same small 2 ft to 4 ft SSW swell, but the wind stays cross-on or onshore for most of it. The energy builds into the strong zone later in the week (up to 905 on Wednesday morning), but with those onshore conditions and a period around 16 seconds, it’s going to be lumpy and tough to get a clean one. Wednesday the 9th through Friday the 12th, it drops back to 3 ft–3 ft SSW swell, winds still cross-on, and the energy falls back to moderate (399–440). Not the best.

Then we hit a dry spell from Saturday the 13th all the way through to Saturday the 18th. Swell drops to 1 ft–3 ft, mostly from the SW, and the whole week looks like marginal to poor conditions. Winds are light but mostly on or cross-on, and the energy dips into the weak zone (208–355). It’s a real lull, and I’d say you’re better off doing something else.

Now, here’s the standout. Saturday the 18th afternoon is the only session that’s worth getting excited about. The swell is still small – 3 ft from the SW – but the wind switches to a light cross-offshore at 6 mph from the north, which should clean things right up. The combined energy is moderate (448), and the period is a solid 17 seconds, so there’ll be some real push in those waves. That’s the one to mark on your calendar, but keep in mind it’s nearly two weeks away – so don’t bank on it just yet.

Crowds at Cotton’s Point can be a thing sometimes, so if that clean afternoon window lines up, expect a few others to have the same idea.

Rusty.

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