Devereux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Devereux over the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you—it’s a pretty bleak run for this reef and point set-up. The water temperature is sitting at 71°, which is 8° warmer than normal for this time of year—that’s very unusual, the ocean is holding onto a lot of summer heat.

The problem is, for the first week and a half, from Sunday 13th September right through to about Monday 21st September, we’ve got poor surf conditions day after day. There’s a big gap with no real recommendations. The swell is generally small, mostly under 2ft, and when there is a pulse, the wind is either cross-on or onshore, messing up the surface. On Sunday 13th September, we see a 6ft swell from the WNW, but it’s only 6 seconds—short period—and it’s cross-on at 9 mph, so it’s choppy and messy. The combined swell energy is moderate at 417, but the quality just isn’t there.

The only flicker of hope comes on Tuesday 22nd September in the afternoon. We get a glassy wind—dead calm—and a 2ft swell from the SW with a 16-second period. That’s proper long-period groundswell, and at a reef and point break like Devereux, that long period can produce some clean, lined-up waves. The combined swell energy is moderate at 274, and for a moment, conditions look glassy and good. The crowd factor here is “often,” so expect company if you go. But don’t get too hyped—after that, it’s back to poor conditions with onshore and cross-on winds for the rest of the window.

So, the standout? Honestly, there’s only one: Tuesday 22nd September afternoon. Everything else in the 16-day window is a write-off for quality paddle surfing. With the consistently poor wind and small, short-period swells, this set-up at Devereux looks more interesting for kite surfing than a decent paddle session for most of the month.

Rusty.

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