Eastern Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and here’s the straight-up outlook for the next couple of weeks.

Right now, we’re looking at a bit of a rough start. The swell is just too big and messy for the first few days – not worth paddling out for. The real action at Eastern Beach doesn’t kick off until Tuesday morning the 15th of September. That’s when we see a clean, glassy window with a nice 6.6ft swell coming out of the East, with an 11-second period. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing weird there. The combined wave energy is solid at 960 (moderate), and with that glassy wind, the surf will be clean and lined up. This is your standout session for the whole forecast – a true gem.

After that Tuesday morning high, the wind shifts and the quality drops. The swell stays in the 5.6ft to 4.3ft range for the next few days, but the wind is messy or onshore, making it choppy. Wednesday and Thursday look poor, with onshore winds and rain. Not your friend.

Then, we hit a real quiet patch from the 21st of September through to the 23rd. The swell drops way down to under 3.3ft, and the energy is weak (between 200 and 400). There’s nothing to get excited about there – it’s a flat spell.

Things start to build again on the 24th of September, but it’s all poor with strong onshore winds and messy surf. That lasts until the 25th, when a strong breeze from the NE just wrecks it.

But hold on – the end of the run gets interesting. On Saturday the 26th of September, a strong WSW wind blows offshore all morning, cleaning up a 8.2ft swell from the SSW with an 11-second period. That’s big, expert-only territory (over 8.2ft), and the combined energy is very strong at 1494. It’s clean but will be a battle to paddle into. The afternoon stays clean but the wind goes cross-off.

Then Sunday the 27th of September brings a very long-period swell – 15 seconds – out of the SSW, with 4.3ft in the morning and 7.2ft in the afternoon. The energy jumps to 1680 by the afternoon. This is a groundswell, so at Eastern Beach (a sandbar), it might break a bit too straight, but it’ll be clean with that cross-off wind. Not the best for a beach break, but the quality is there.

Finally, Monday the 28th of September is another standout. A super-long 16-second period swell from the South, 7.9ft in the morning, with light offshore winds. The combined energy is huge at 2768 (very strong). This is for experts only – big, powerful, and clean. The afternoon lightens up to 6.9ft with a cross-shore breeze.

Overall, the two true standouts are Tuesday morning the 15th of September for its glassy perfection, and Monday the 28th of September for its raw, powerful groundswell. The rest is either flat, messy, or too big with bad wind.

Stay safe out there.

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