Duppys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I’ve gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch ahead for Duppys. We’re lookin’ at a real quiet run, not much to get excited about for a good 16 days. The first chance of any sort of wave doesn’t show until Monday afternoon, the 14th of September. Before that, it’s all tiny dribble and poor conditions. Then there’s a gap with hardly a thing worth paddling out for until much later.

Let’s start with Monday, the 14th of September. We get a pulse of energy in the afternoon – you’ll see a combined swell energy of about 160 (moderate). Wave heights push up to around 4 ft, coming from the ENE, but with a short period of 7 seconds, it’s gonna be a bit weak and messy. The wind is a cross-offshore breeze at 16 mph, so the surface will be clean enough, but the wave quality is poor. Morning of the 14th is smaller, 4 ft as well but even shorter period (6 seconds) and energy of 107 (moderate). Cross-off winds again. Not exactly firing.

Tuesday the 15th, you get a tiny pulse in the morning – 1 ft from the NNE with a long period of 11 seconds, but such small size means it’s barely breaking. Combined energy is a weak 22. Afternoon picks up to 4 ft again from the ENE, 6-second period and energy of 107. Clean enough, but still poor wave quality.

The only time we see a score above zero is on Friday the 18th of September, in the afternoon. We get a clean 3 ft swell from the ENE, period of 6 seconds, but the combined energy is 82 (weak). The wind is offshore at 12 mph. The report calls it “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – your board might get wet, but it’s nothing to write home about.

After that, we slide back into tiny stuff – 2 ft, 1 ft, 2 ft – all with poor surf quality. The best of the rest is Sunday the 27th of September, afternoon, with 2 ft from the north, 8-second period, combined energy of 62 (weak), and offshore winds. It’s clean, but it’s barely a ripple.

Duppys is a reef break, and it’s fairly consistent by nature, but this forecast shows a blank run that’s pretty normal for the area when the swell doesn’t align. Nothing here is gonna get your heart racing.

Avoid the whole period if you can – otherwise, pencil in Friday the 18th afternoon for a limp session.

Rusty.

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