Duckpool Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Duckpool Bay (Duck-Pool). It’s a bit of a quiet stretch ahead, I’m not gonna lie to you. The water is sitting at 64°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a small comfort.

We start off on Monday morning, the 3rd of August. There’s a small 3ft swell from the WSW, with a period of 9 seconds and a combined energy of 106 (moderate). The wind is glassy from the SE, so it’s clean. But it’s weak and inconsistent. You’ll be scratching around for scraps. By the afternoon, the wind swings onshore and it’s pretty much done for.

Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th are write-offs. The wind howls from the SW and then WNW, hitting 19 mph, and it’s cross-on or onshore. The swell jumps up to 7ft on Wednesday morning from the west, with a period of 8 seconds and a combined energy of 494 (moderate to strong), but with that wind, it’s just a messy, lumpy whitewash. Not for paddling, that’s for sure. If you’ve got a kite, maybe it’s interesting, but for a surfboard, forget it.

The rest of the first week and into the second is a real struggle. We get a little glassy spell on Friday morning the 7th and Saturday morning the 8th, but the swell is tiny—1ft and 0.3ft respectively. There’s a long-period 13-second swell on Saturday morning, but it’s only 0.3ft, so it’s barely a ripple. The combined energy drops to 14 and 28, which is weak.

Sunday the 9th of August offers a slight glimmer. The morning brings a 2ft swell from the west, period 8 seconds, and a combined energy of 112 (moderate). The wind is light and cross-off from the ENE, leaving it clean. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. It’s inconsistent, so don’t expect much.

After that, from Monday the 10th right through to Tuesday the 18th of August, it’s a long, dry gap. The swell barely registers above 2ft, and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-on. The combined energy readings are mostly in the single digits or low tens. There’s a little spike on Sunday the 16th with a 4ft northwest swell, but the period is a short 5 seconds and the wind is cross-shore, so it’s just choppy and weak.

Honestly, there’s no standout session here. The only half-decent window is the early morning of Sunday the 9th, and even that is a marginal call. For the rest of the 16 days, you’re better off leaving the board in the car. It’s one of those blank runs that just happens for this area.

Rusty.

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