Duckpool Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s break down the same picture for Duckpool Bay, but in feet and miles per hour. It’s a rough stretch, no two ways about it.

The water is running much warmer than usual for late August, sitting at 66°F.

First up, nothing. Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th of August are flat, with a tiny 0.3ft to 0.7ft of swell. You’re not even getting wet. There’s a big gap until Wednesday the 26th, when we finally see a few little waves. Wednesday afternoon goes glassy with 2ft from the west, but it’s a short 8-second period and the energy is weak (40). It’s rideable, but barely.

Thursday the 27th is a write-off with onshore wind, and Friday the 28th gets ugly. The swell jumps to 8ft on Friday afternoon, but it’s blowing onshore at 15 mph from the west, making it a messy, lumpy mess. The energy is moderate (542), but the quality is poor. That’s kite-surfing conditions, not for a paddle board.

The whole first week is a grind of poor conditions. The wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore, and the swell is short-period junk. Even the 5ft on Tuesday the 1st of September comes with a cross-onshore breeze and a combined energy of 354, but it’s messy.

The standouts are later. The first real hope is on Saturday the 6th of September. The morning brings a clean 7ft west swell with a 10-second period and a light cross-offshore breeze from the SSE. The energy is very strong (1780), but the wind is clean, so the waves will have some shape. It’s still marginal on the tide, but it’s the best we’ve seen in a week.

Then, hold on tight, because Monday the 7th of September sees a massive pulse. The swell hits 16ft in the morning from the WSW with a long period of 11 seconds, and the energy is off the charts (5133). The wind is cross-shore from the north, which could line it up. But it’s too big for this spot. This is for experts only, and even then, it’s going to be a battle. The afternoon brings a 25ft monster with a 17-second period (29541 energy), but it’s pinned by a 28 mph cross-onshore gale from the NW. That’s a survival session, not a fun one.

Tuesday the 8th of September morning is still massive at 12ft with a 14-second period, but the wind is straight onshore from the west. Another one for the hardcore only.

So, the one window is the morning of Saturday the 6th of September for the cleanest, most manageable swell. That’s your pick. The rest is either too small, too windy, or too big. The long-range stuff on the 7th and 8th is promising in size but comes with serious warnings. Keep an eye on it, because the potential is there for a proper big one, but it’s a long way off.

Rusty.

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