Dracula Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Dracula is looking pretty average right now, honestly. There’s some swell but the wind’s been messy. Light cross-shore most of the time, not clean. Water’s 20°, a bit colder than normal for this time of year. The energy’s weak to moderate (196), so nothing pumping.

Monday starts slow with a small 0.6m NW swell, 13-second period, but the north cross-breeze mucks it up. Afternoon sees 0.8m but the wind picks up and it gets choppy.

Tuesday’s more of the same, 0.7m and cross-onshore. Junk.

Wednesday morning finally gives a clean 1.3m NNW swell with a short 6-second period. Light cross-offshore wind makes it tidy—that’s one of the few good windows early on. But Wednesday afternoon the wind howls at 40 km/h and the swell jumps to 2.5m. Complete mess.

Thursday morning has 2.0m but it’s cross-shore and lumpy. Afternoon’s worse with fresh cross-onshore.

Friday morning has 1.6m with a 10-second period but the cross-shore wind is still there. Marginal. Afternoon goes onshore and choppy.

Then Saturday morning shows up glassy with 1.6m from the NNW at 9 seconds. That’s the standout of the first week—clean, lined up, and actually surfable. Energy’s solid (541). Saturday afternoon gets bumpy again, but the morning is the call.

Sunday drops to 0.8m with a long 14-second period. It’s glassy but small and weak (446). More of a longboard day.

Then we hit a rough patch from the 21st through the 25th. Swell drops under a metre, the period’s all over the place, and it’s mostly cross-onshore. The energy numbers fall off a cliff (down to 72 by the 24th). Not worth your time.

The 26th is still weak, 0.9m and cross-shore. Nothing doing.

But the 27th, Sunday morning, has another flash of hope. Glassy conditions, 1.3m from the NW with an 11-second period. Clean little waves. Energy’s solid (452). Afternoon gets chopped up again.

Then Monday the 28th—Dracula wakes right up. 3.0m of NW groundswell with a 12-second period, glassy morning. Energy’s massive (2888). This is the real standout of the whole forecast—proper size, clean conditions, that long-period push. Strictly for advanced surfers, though. 3.0m is serious on this reef. Afternoon’s blown out again.

After that, it fades. The 29th has some leftover 1.6m but it’s cross-shore and lumpy.

So you’ve got two real windows: Saturday the 19th morning for a clean, fun size session, and Monday the 28th morning for the big one—experts only. Everything else is pretty average with a long flat spell in the middle. Long-range stuff is always a bit uncertain, so keep an eye on that 28th.

Rusty.

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