E-Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let's be straight with you – the next week to ten days is going to be a proper battle of a surf. It's all slop and chop, the sort of conditions that test your patience more than your pop-up. The ocean has some energy, but the wind is just going to be ruining it most of the time.

From Wednesday the 16th to Thursday the 24th, it's pretty grim. We've got surf in the 3ft to 5ft range but it's all onshore, a mix of S and SE winds just raking it out. It's weak energy too, mostly reading in the 300-900 range, which means it's all noise and no power. We get a couple of pulses mid-week, like on the 19th and 20th where the energy gets up to 1060 and 1340, but it doesn't matter 'cause the wind is still on it. It's a full stretch of junk.

We see a big jump in size for the weekend of the 26th and 27th. The swell spikes up to 2.0m on Saturday afternoon, and the energy reading is going off the charts at 3102. But again, it's onshore, and we've got some rain, so it's going to be big, raw, and pretty much unsurfable for the average punter. This is big-muscle, heavy-water stuff for experts only. Sunday is similar, with 2.2m on the morning but still choppy and cross-onshore. We're talking all grunt and no glory.

Now, here's the light at the end of the tunnel. The standout, and I mean the only real standout of the whole 16 days, looks like the morning of Wednesday the 30th of September. This is the one to wait for. The swell has backed off to a clean 4ft to 5ft from the S, but the wind is finally offshore and light, out of the NE. That's the recipe for E-Bay (a reef break) to clean up. The period is a workable 13 seconds and the energy is still strong at 1023. This is the only time in the forecast where you'll find a clean face from the start. Mark it in the wax.

Earlier, the morning of Saturday the 26th deserves a mention just for its size and power, with a 20-second period. But with that onshore wind, it’s going to be a nemesis, not a playground.

Water temps are at 29°, which is about right for this time of year, so boardies are the go. But don't get too complacent – conditions have been so poor for so long that it’s easy to forget what a decent wave feels like. The long-range call for that Wednesday is promising, but it's a long way out, so we just gotta keep our fingers crossed. Rusty, signing off.

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