E-Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. The outlook for E-Bay is a bit of a mixed bag over the next couple of weeks. There’s surf on offer straight away, but the conditions are tricky initially. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

We start this Sunday morning, August 9th, with a solid 5ft S swell, but the wind is howling onshore from the SE at 12 mph, so it’s going to be rough with poor surf. Combined energy is strong at 1378. That afternoon drops a touch to 5ft, still onshore, still marginal.

Monday morning, August 10th, the swell holds around 5ft from the S with a 14-second period, but the SE wind stays onshore, so it’s still messy. Total energy is 1770. The afternoon sees a long-period 20-second groundswell at 5ft, but the wind goes cross-onshore from the S, leaving the surface choppy.

Tuesday morning, August 11th, brings the biggest swell of the week – 7ft from the S, with strong energy (3580) – but it’s cross-onshore. That’s big and bumpy, likely too big and messy for all but experienced surfers. Afternoon drops to 7ft, still onshore, still disappointing.

The rest of that first week into the second sees a drop in size and persistent wind issues. By Thursday, August 13th, we’re down to 3ft, and Friday turns glassy but tiny, with only 0.7ft to 1.0ft of swell. That’s a dead period.

Saturday morning, August 15th, things finally line up. The swell is small at 3ft from the S, but it’s glassy, with light wind and combined energy at 621. The forecast says “expect very good surf conditions”. It’s small, but the cleanest we’ve seen.

Now, if you can hold out, the real standout arrives Thursday afternoon, August 20th. The swell hits 6ft from the S, with a 16-second period, and it’s glassy – zero wind. Energy is strong at 1696. That’s excellent surf for experienced surfers. E-Bay is a shallow reef that breaks best on a W swell direction, so this S/SW direction isn’t its absolute optimum, but the clean conditions and solid size make it easily the best session on offer. Crowds are possible here, so get in early.

After that, the swell fades a bit through the last few days of the outlook, with size hovering around 4ft to 5ft, and wind mostly onshore or cross-onshore, so nothing else stands out.

Rusty.

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