Dracula Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a proper look at what Dracula's got cooking for us over the next couple of weeks. It's a bit of a mixed bag, with some real clean moments to get excited about, and plenty of times you'll want to stay on the beach.

The first few days are a write-off, I'm afraid. Thursday the 10th is a mess – a full-on 25 mph cross-shore wind is just destroying that 8 ft swell. Forget about it. Things don't get any better until the next day.

But then, woah. Friday morning the 11th is your first real look-in. The wind drops right out to a glassy calm, and we've got a clean 6 ft swell rolling in from the NNW. It's got a short period, only 8 seconds, but with these conditions it'll be super fun. The water is sitting at 72°, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year, so no complaints there. Saturday morning the 12th serves up a carbon copy – same 6 ft NNW swell, same glassy conditions. That's two mornings of pure, clean reef surfing lined up. This is the best on offer in the near term, for sure.

The session quality fades fast on the weekend afternoons and into Sunday the 13th. By Sunday morning we're down to a smaller 3 ft swell (148 energy), and while the surfing is clean, it's nothing to write home about.

Next week gets pretty quiet. The swell dips below 3 ft from Monday the 14th through to Thursday the 17th. Most of it is just poor quality, cross-shore junk. The one slight glimmer is Monday morning the 14th, which sees a tiny 2 ft swell with a long 13-second period. It's very marginal and not really worth a paddle.

We get a bit of a pulse back on Thursday the 17th with a 7 ft swell, but it's blown out by strong winds. This one's most likely just a kite surfing show if you ask me.

Now, for the second week, we get another run of clean mornings. Friday the 18th is a standout: a glassy morning with a solid 5 ft NNW swell, packing moderate energy (422). The period is still short at 8 seconds, but it'll be clean and punchy right on the reef. That's a solid session.

But the true highlight of the whole outlook might just be Saturday the 19th. Absolutely dead calm, zero wind, glassy as a mirror. We've got a 4 ft NNW swell with a period stretching to 9 seconds. The wave energy is moderate (295). This is a dream forecast for Dracula. The crowds are *sometimes* a factor, and with conditions this perfect, you can bet it'll be busy. But it's the one to circle on your calendar.

After that, the energy tails off again through the end of the month. There is one last interesting note: Monday the 21st has a tiny, tiny 1 ft swell, but with a very long 16-second period. It'll be clean and glassy on the afternoon, but you'll be relying on pure groundswell energy (214). For a spot like this, that long period usually makes for some weird, straight lines, but it might just connect on the reef if you're lucky.

Overall, don't waste your time on the afternoons. The mornings are where it's at, especially this Saturday and the Saturday after.

Rusty.

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