Fingal Point and Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for Fingal, to be honest. We’ve got a run of days where the wind and swell just aren’t lining up, and it’s going to be a bit of a grind to find anything decent. The water’s sitting at 68° which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first few days are a write-off. Sunday the 16th is tiny with a messy cross-shore breeze, nothing doing. Monday the 17th sees a pulse of 6ft to 7ft swell, but it’s short-period and onshore, just choppy and poor. That energy builds into Tuesday with a combined energy reading of 603, but it’s still junky. You’d be fighting it, not surfing it.

We get a slight breather on Wednesday the 19th morning. The swell drops a bit to 5ft, but the period stretches out to 11 seconds and the wind goes cross-shore. It’s still marginal, but it’s the most interesting thing we’ve seen so far. The energy reading is 753, so there’s some push there, but it’s not clean.

Thursday and Friday stay small and onshore, nothing to get excited about. Then Saturday the 22nd afternoon flattens right out, but the wind goes glassy and it’s clean. At 3ft it’s just not enough, though.

The first real standout comes Sunday the 30th. Mark it in your calendar. It’s over a week away, so don’t book your life around it just yet, but the morning looks proper. We’ve got 5ft of swell from the NNE, light offshore wind, and glassy conditions. The combined energy is 230, which is moderate, and the model is calling it good surf conditions. For Fingal Point, that’s about as good as this window gets. The swell direction is from the NNE which is a bit off the optimum, but the clean conditions should make the most of what’s there. This is your best bet for a proper surf.

Before that, Monday the 24th morning is worth a mention. It’s small, only 4ft, but the wind is glassy and it’s clean. It’s surfable, but really only for the longboard or the beginner crew. Nothing special.

To be honest, the standouts are few and far between. The Sunday the 30th morning is the clear highlight. The Wednesday the 19th morning is the only other one that has any real size, but it’s a bit ragged. The rest is a lot of small, choppy, or blown-out conditions. Looks like it might be a better window for a kite if you’ve got one, rather than a surfboard, on a few of those windy days.

Keep an eye on that final Sunday, though. Could be worth the wait.

Rusty.

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