Eastern Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it.

We’ve got a real mixed bag coming up over the next couple of weeks. The opening stretch is pretty grim for Eastern Beach, so we’re looking at a bit of a wait before anything worth paddling out for shows up. It’s not going to be completely flat, but the combo of small, weak swell and mostly poor conditions means you can leave the board in the car for the first few days.

The water is sitting at 64.9°, which is about two and a half degrees colder than usual for this time of year. It’s noticeably chilly, so a good suit is essential. This is for Eastern Beach, you know the one. It’s an inconsistent sandbar that needs a fair bit of swell to get going, so this blank start isn't a huge surprise, but it does tend to fire when the right south-southeast energy lines up.

Sunday the 30th is a write-off. There’s a bit of swell early, around 4ft, but it’s a short-period 7-second windswell with a moderate cross-off breeze. It looks clean, but there’s just no guts to it. The afternoon gets slightly bigger at 5ft, but the energy is still weak, and the comment says it’s marginal. Not worth the hassle.

Monday the 31st is a tease. The morning drops to a small 3ft but it turns glassy with an easterly wind. The swell period jumps to 10 seconds, and the guidance calls it good surf conditions. The energy is still poor though. It’ll be clean and pretty, but probably just knee to ankle-high mush. The afternoon goes onshore and messes it up. Fingers crossed it’s better than it looks, but I wouldn’t get too excited. That glassy morning is your only window, but the lack of energy is a real killer.

Tuesday the 1st is more of the same. Small 2-3ft swell, with a long 13-second period. It’ll be clean in the morning with a light cross-off breeze. Again, the period is nice, but the size just isn’t there. The energy reading is still weak. This is really just a longboard and a nice paddle.

There’s a bit of a gap here with nothing worth recommending as the swell tries to build. We finally get a pulse of proper energy on Wednesday the 2nd when the swell jumps to 5-6ft and we get a moderate energy reading. The period is a solid 14 seconds from the SSW. The problem is the wind is slightly cross-on in the morning with an onshore breeze in the afternoon. It’s getting interesting, but the direction isn’t ideal and the wind is going to keep it a bit lumpy.

Thursday the 3rd is where things start to get properly interesting. The morning is looking like the standout of this run. We have a 5ft SSW groundswell, with a 12-second period. The energy is solid, and the wind is light, cross-off, and the conditions are clean. This is Eastern Beach at its best, actually holding some size and shape. The afternoon turns to garbage though, with wind whipping up to 22 mph and the wave comment turning poor.

Then, we get a big, angry swell on Friday the 4th, but it's completely unsurfable. The swell height explodes to 13ft, with a massive energy reading, showing strong to very strong wave energy. But it’s accompanied by a 22 mph cross-onshore wind and the comment says it’s poor and lumpy. This is not for paddling. Honestly, with that kind of wind and size, this is looking way more interesting for a kite surfer than a surfer. The afternoon backs off to 10ft but it’s just as messy.

The weekend and the first part of next week are a bit of a mess. Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th are dominated by messy, cross-onshore winds and lumpy conditions, with swell energy ping-ponging around. The size is there on Sunday, 7ft, but the wind is howling and it’s a washing machine.

Monday the 7th cleans up, but the swell is wrong. We get 7ft but it’s an 8-second ENE windswell. It’s cross-off and clean, but that short period and wrong direction will make it a close-out. The energy is moderate, but the quality isn't there. It's all chop and no power.

The rest of that week drops right off, with the swell fading to under 3ft and the energy falling off a cliff. We’re back to weak and pretty, with nothing worth getting out of bed for. The wind is a mix of cross-on and onshore, so it won't even be that pretty.

There’s a brief pulse on Saturday the 12th with 6-7ft, but the wind is onshore and it looks choppy. It’s another no-go

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