Fingal Point and Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a bit of a tough one to swallow. The whole 16-day window is looking pretty flat and uninspiring, with no real standouts to get excited about. We’re stuck in a pattern of small, weak swell and often funky winds. There’s a big gap of nothing really rideable, so let’s just be straight about it.

For the first week, from Friday the 4th right through to the end of the second week, the surf is a write-off. The energy is barely a whisper. On Sunday the 6th, we see a bit of a bump – a 3ft to 4ft swell from the North, but it’s got a short, weak period of 6 seconds, and the combined energy only reaches 124 (moderate wave energy). The wind on Sunday morning is a clean offshore from the NNW, which is a positive, but the swell is just too weak and disorganised to hold much shape. The afternoon gets a bit messy with a cross breeze.

We get a little spike again on Monday the 14th with a 4ft pulse from the North, but again, a short period of 5 seconds and a cross-wind. It’s just not going to be any fun. Then on Thursday the 17th, the wind is clean and offshore from the SSW in the morning, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft with a 6-second period.

The only glimmer of something different comes right at the very end of the period, on Saturday the 19th. The wind is a strong offshore from the SSW, and we get a clean wave face. The swell is only 2ft, but the period jumps to 15 seconds, which is a very long period groundswell. The combined energy is 115 (moderate wave energy). This is a long-range call, so it’s promising but not something to bank on. The trouble is, with a period that long, a south-east swell at a beach break like Fingal Point and Beach can be a bit straight and tricky. The wind is howling at 30 km/h, which is a fresh breeze, so it will be clean but very windy. For a beginner, it’s a non-starter.

Honestly, if you’re desperate for a paddle, the cleanest windows are the morning of Sunday the 6th (3ft, offshore, short period) and the morning of Thursday the 17th (2ft, offshore, short period). Neither is any good. The strongest swell is too short-period and onshore, and the long-period swell is tiny.

If you’ve got a kite, the whole setup looks more interesting for you than a paddle surfer. The wind is consistent and strong on many days.

Keep an eye on that Saturday the 19th, but don’t hold your breath. This is just a flat run for the area.

Rusty.

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