Duckpool Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Duckpool Bay over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, this is a tough stretch. The first week and a half is pretty much a write-off. We’ve got a few weak pulses of swell, but the wind is consistently onshore or cross-onshore, mostly from the NW or WNW, and that’s just trashing any chance of a clean wave. The combined wave energy barely gets into the triple digits, and even then it’s all poor surf conditions. You’re looking at a solid run of days with nothing rideable from Wednesday the 5th right through to the end of that first week. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

The first real glimmer of hope comes on Wednesday morning, August 12th. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, and we get a small 2ft W swell with a period of 10 seconds, giving us a combined energy of 102 (moderate). It’s a long period groundswell, which at a beach break like Duckpool Bay can sometimes be a bit straight, but with glassy conditions the surfable waves will be there. This is a very ordinary session, but if you’re desperate, it’s the only clean window in the first week. The afternoon chops it up again.

After that, it’s back to the cross-onshore grind until Tuesday morning, August 18th. That’s when we see the biggest swell of the forecast period roll in, with a 8ft W swell, but it’s got a cross-onshore wind and a moderate chop. The combined energy hits a massive 1050 (very strong), but the conditions are marginal at best. This is big, powerful, and messy, and it’s really only for experts who don’t mind a fight. The wind stays onshore through the afternoon, pushing it up to 10ft, and that’s just a blown-out wall of white water.

There’s one more gimme right at the very end, on Thursday morning, August 20th. The wind goes glassy again, and we get a 3ft W swell, period 8 seconds, with a combined energy of 146 (moderate). The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – and with that glassy wind, it’ll be the cleanest little ride of the whole period after a long wait.

So, the standout here is the glassy morning on August 20th. It’s not big, it’s not epic, but it’s the only time the stars align for a clean, low-stress paddle. The 12th of August is a close second, but it’s even smaller. For the rest of it, unless you’re a masochist, I’d give it a miss.

Rusty.

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