Dreamtime Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's get into it for Dreamtime over the next couple of weeks.

First off, the water temp is sitting right on 70°F, which is pretty spot on for this time of year – nothing out of the ordinary there.

Honestly, the start of the period is a tough watch. Monday the 14th through to the end of the working week is pretty much a write-off. There's a tiny bit of knee-high stuff on Monday morning with glassy conditions, but it's just too weak to get excited about. The wind kicks up onshore quickly and it stays messy. There's a big lump of swell that rolls in on Wednesday the 16th, but it comes with a strong cross-onshore wind, making it choppy and junky. The energy is moderate to strong (410 to 1189) but it's not lining up.

Thursday the 17th morning is a real "what if" moment. The swell is pushing 10ft from the SSE, with a moderate cross-shore wind, and the energy is thumping at 1550. But the forecast flags it as too big for this break. That's just for the experienced crew, and even then, you'd be battling a cross-chop. It turns onshore in the arvo, so that's that.

We get a bit of a reprieve on Saturday the 19th morning. The swell drops to a clean 4ft from the SSE, and the wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the NNE. The energy is weak to moderate (257) but the conditions will be clean. It's surfable, but not a standout.

Now, the real window opens up on Sunday the 27th. That morning is looking like the pick of the month. You've got a solid 6ft from the ENE, with a clean cross-offshore wind from the north. The energy is moderate to strong (544). The wind is light, which will keep it clean. That's a proper session if the forecast holds.

The run-up to that has some tricky days. Saturday the 26th afternoon has a similar size swell (7ft ENE) and a cross-shore breeze, but it's flagged as possibly too big again. Tread carefully.

So, the standout is Sunday morning the 27th of September at Dreamtime. It's not a massive groundswell, but the size and clean conditions should line up nicely.

Before that, there's a long gap from the 19th afternoon all the way through to the 27th. That's a full week of mostly poor or marginal conditions. A few days in the middle of that week (like the 23rd) have some size, but the winds are cross or onshore, and the energy is moderate at best (669). Not worth paddling out for.

Overall, it's a slow start, a long flat spell, and then a promising finish. Keep an eye on that last weekend of September.

Rusty.

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