Devereux Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here with the lowdown on Devereux for the next couple of weeks.

Got to be straight with you – this 16-day stretch is a real bummer. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period of tiny, choppy, and generally poor conditions. There’s no big swell event to get excited about, and the wind is just a constant headache. We’ve got a solid week of practically nothing before we even see a glimmer of something rideable, and even that’s a long shot.

Let’s start with Thursday, September 3rd. The water temp here at Devereux is about average for the season, so a spring suit is fine. The swell is tiny, around 2ft from the SW, with a very long period (15 seconds). That’s a groundswell, but it’s got no guts behind it (combined energy: 246). With a cross-onshore breeze, it’s gonna be a messy, poor surf day. Not worth your time.

Friday the 4th is a bit of a tease. The morning shows a 3ft SSW swell with a 17-second period and a 5 km/h offshore wind. Sounds good, right? But the combined energy is still only moderate (402), and the report calls it "marginal" with questionable tide. You might snag a clean, long-period wave if the tide is spot on, but it’s a gamble. Afternoon turns choppy again.

From Saturday the 5th through to Wednesday the 9th, it’s a total washout. Swell bounces around 2ft to 4ft, but the wind is either cross-on or onshore, and the energy is weak to moderate (176 to 592). The wave faces are just a mess of wind ripples and chop. This is a solid 5-day gap where you’re better off doing something else.

Thursday the 10th of September gets a bit weird. The morning has a tiny 2ft SW groundswell (17 seconds, 399 energy), but again, cross-onshore kills it. Then the afternoon kicks up a 7ft short-period windswell from the WNW (6 seconds, 584 energy). That’s a lot of water moving, but it’s short, fat, and lumpy. With a 35 km/h fresh cross-shore wind, it’s going to be a mess. For a reef-and-point setup like Devereux, that’s not gonna work. This afternoon honestly looks more like a kite-surfing session than a paddle-surfing one.

Friday the 11th through to Sunday the 13th is more of the same – small, onshore, and poor. Swell is under 3ft and the wind is just never in your favour.

Now we get to the second week and the only glimmer of hope. On Monday the 14th of September, the morning shows a 2ft WNW swell with an 11-second period and a light onshore wind. The energy is weak (210). Still considered "poor." Not great.

But then, look at Thursday the 17th of September. The morning session has a tiny 1ft swell from the SW, but here’s the key – the period is a massive 22 seconds. That’s a very long, deep groundswell. Combined energy is moderate (295). The wind is a light 10 km/h onshore. For a point and reef break like Devereux, that long-period energy could wrap in and produce some clean, lined-up waves, even if they are small. It’s a long way out, so don’t plan your life around it, but it’s the only thing on the entire forecast that has a bit of promise. The afternoon session on the 17th also has a 21-second period, but the wind goes cross-onshore, so stick to the morning.

So, what’s the best on offer? I’d say the morning of Thursday the 17th of September is your one and only real standout. It’s not big, it’s not pumping, but that long-period SW groundswell with light wind at Devereux could be a sneaky, clean session. Everything else is a write-off.

To sum it up: we’ve got a massive gap with no real surf from the 3rd right through to the 17th. It’s a long, flat, choppy run. The one ray of light is a week out, and it’s a gamble. Stay patient, check the tides, and if that 22-second pulse shows up, you might get a few glassy lines.

Rusty.

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