Dolphinarium Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards. To be honest, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and ordinary around here. There's a real lack of any proper, pushy swell, and we're stuck with weak, short-period wind slop for the foreseeable future.

We kick off Friday the 10th with tiny 2ft waves from the WNW, but the wind is all over the shop. The morning has a light cross-off breeze at 6 mph, but it's a real let-down with combined swell energy sitting at a weak 34. It's just not doing anything. The afternoons get blown out with a cross-on wind, and it stays that way through the weekend. Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th have glassy mornings with the swell dropping to 1-2ft, but the energy is pitiful—down to 13. It's so small you'd be floating more than surfing. There's a strong high pressure sitting on us, giving us clear skies day after day, but that's no good without any ocean energy.

There is a very slight lift later on, but I wouldn't get excited. Thursday the 16th morning shows the swell nudging up to 3ft from the WNW, with a period of 7 seconds and energy rising to a still-modest 84. The wind is a light cross-off at 6 mph, so it'll be clean. But even then, the forecast calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It's barely enough for a log.

And that pretty much sets the tone for the whole outlook. The next real nod we get isn't until Sunday the 19th, with another 3ft WNW swell, period of 8 seconds, and energy of 88. The morning is glassy. Again, it's the best of a bad bunch, but it's still only a 1 out of 10 in terms of quality. The waves are weak, the period is short, and there's just no power behind them. For a beginner, it might be a session to get wet, but anyone after a proper wave is going to be sorely disappointed.

The swell never really pushes over 3ft, and the period never gets over 8 seconds. The combined energy stays in the double digits for almost the entire run, barely scraping into triple digits (low 90s) on just a couple of occasions. It's a long, flat haul.

Stay patient, folks. It’s a tough run of small, weak surf. Best bet would be to grab a longboard and enjoy the glassy mornings when you can, but don't expect any standouts. This is a real quiet period.

Rusty.

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