Dee Why Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty again, in feet and knots.

The next sixteen days are a real mixed bag. We’ve got some light, fun surf early on, but the real story is a serious pulse of swell later that will only be for the experienced crew. Hang tight.

Kicking off Friday morning, 14 August, we’ve got clean little 4ft lines from the S, with a light offshore breeze. The water is sitting at 62°, about 2° colder than usual for this time of year, so you’ll want a good hood or boots. It’s surfable, but pretty weak energy so it’s small and average. By Friday afternoon the wind flips to a cross-onshore and it’s messy.

Saturday, 15 August, the swell picks up a notch to 4ft from the SSE, but the wind is cross, and it’s marginal at best with showers around. Not worth getting wet for.

Sunday through Tuesday look poor. The wind stays cross or cross-onshore, and the swell is small and weak – we’re talking around the 3ft mark and less. Skip those days.

The first real standout window opens up on Wednesday morning, 19 August. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, and we’ve got 4ft from the ESE. It’s not big, but it’s clean and surfable – a good session for a mid-week dawn patrol if you’re keen for a trim.

The same holds for Thursday, 20 August: glassy again on the morning push, with 4ft ESE swell. Perfect for logging a few clean ones.

Then we hit a flat spell from 22 August with very small, weak energy. But hold onto your board.

The big news is Sunday, 23 August. The swell jumps to a solid 10ft from the S, with a period of 10 seconds. The energy goes ballistic, and the wind stays clean cross-off in the afternoon. But listen – 10ft is big. This is only for advanced surfers. The break, Dee Why Point, is a point break, and this S swell is not from the optimum SSE direction, plus with the period around 10 seconds, it’s not a super long groundswell, so it won’t close out too straight. It’ll be powerful, demanding, and the crowds will likely be around. If you’re experienced and hungry, Sunday afternoon is your session.

Monday 24, the swell drops fast, back to under 3ft and poor.

Now, leaving the second week, we’ve got a monster lurking. The morning of 27 August shows a ridiculous 18ft swell from the S, with a very long period of 13 seconds and astronomical energy. The wind is clean cross-off, but this is simply too big for Dee Why Point. It’s expert-only, and frankly, it might just close the place out. The same goes for Thursday afternoon and into Friday, with 15ft and 12ft swells. This is more of a novelty spectator event than a paddle-in session.

After that, Saturday 29 August is still big at 8ft, but the wind goes cross, adding chop, and the energy is still high. Again, for experts only.

Best bet overall: that glassy Wednesday and Thursday morning window in the first week for clean, small waves. The standout big-wave event is Sunday afternoon, 23 August, for the advanced crew only.

Rusty.

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