Curl Curl Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s coming up for Curl Curl Point. We’ve got a bit of a mixed bag over the next 16 days, with some good windows, but plenty of messy stuff to work around too.

The main pattern is a slow start with small, ordinary surf, then a pulse of solid, powerful swell mid-week that gets hammered by crap winds, followed by a return to cleaner but smaller conditions heading into the second week. The standout morning looks to be the morning of Monday the 7th, when it’s glassy and clean with a 4ft southerly swell, period around 8 seconds, and moderate wave energy (227). That’s your best bet for a proper session—light offshore air, clean lines, and no crowd hassle most likely.

Let’s walk through it day by day.

Friday the 4th: The morning starts clear with a 5ft southerly swell, 11-second period, and wave energy solid at 537. Winds are light from the WNW, cross-off, so it’s clean. That’s a good one—expect very good surf conditions. By the arvo, wind swings onshore and it drops to 3ft—poor. Saturday the 5th is tiny both sessions, with poor to ordinary conditions. Sunday the 6th has a 4ft SSW swell in the morning but wind is cross-off and moderate, not ideal; arvo goes onshore and messy.

Now for Monday the 7th: that morning is the highlight. Glassy conditions, 4ft southerly swell, 8-second period, and clean. It’s not huge, but it’s quality. The arvo goes back to cross-shore crap. Tuesday the 8th sees a jump in size—7ft SSE in the morning, but a strong cross-onshore wind makes it ugly. Arvo drops to 6ft but still onshore. Wednesday the 9th is cleaner with a 3ft southerly swell, light cross-off wind, but nothing special. Thursday the 10th gets big—10ft southerly swell, period around 11 seconds, wave energy massive at 2426 in the morning and 4140 in the arvo—but the wind is strong cross-onshore, making it poor and lumpy. That’s more for kite surfers if anything, not paddle surfing.

Friday the 11th holds at 8ft in the morning and 7ft in the arvo, both southerly, but again cross-onshore and choppy. Saturday the 12th drops to 5ft with a 12-second SSW swell—long period, so it will be a better shape at the point, but wind is light and cross, giving marginal conditions. Sunday the 13th is small at 3ft, clean in the morning with light cross-off wind, just very ordinary. Monday the 14th brings a 4ft NE swell with moderate cross-off wind—again, ordinary conditions.

Tuesday the 15th sees a 3ft southerly in the morning with offshore wind, clean but tiny; arvo picks up to 5ft southerly with cross-off wind, marginal. Wednesday the 16th is promising again: morning clear 3ft southerly swell, gentle cross-off, and good conditions. The arvo goes glassy with a 4ft southerly swell at 11 seconds—clean, good shape, wave energy moderate at 360. That’s a solid morning-to-afternoon combo.

Then Thursday the 17th through Saturday the 19th, the forecast goes to shit—strong winds, rain, blown-out surf, with small to moderate swell but completely messy. Not worth paddling out.

So, overall: the best session is the morning of Monday the 7th—that’s your standout. The afternoon of Wednesday the 16th is also a winner if you can wait that long. Most other days are either too small, too windy, or too messy. The big swell around the 10th is only for the experienced and even then, the wind makes it ugly.

Water temp is about average for this time of year.

Take it easy out there.

Rusty.

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