Fishermans Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let me have a look at this stretch. I’m gonna be straight with you – it’s a tough window ahead.

We’re looking at Fishermans Reef, and honestly, this is a spot that *rarely breaks*. It’s a very sheltered little reef that likes a very specific NE swell, and for the next 16 days, we just aren’t getting the goods. The whole 16-day run is basically a write-off for any decent, rideable waves.

Starting off right now, Wednesday the 9th, it’s a flat, messy picture. Swell is a tiny 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft from the NE, but with a very long period of 15 seconds – that’s a groundswell trying to find its way in, but there’s just no energy behind it. The combined swell energy is weak, sitting at only 16. Light cross-onshore wind means it’s a bumpy, ripply mess. Poor surf conditions.

Moving into Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th, we get some offshore wind – clean looking water with a fresh breeze – but the swell is still stuck at 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft. That’s knee-high at best. The energy figures climb a bit, hitting 70 on Friday morning, but it’s still a very low, weak swell (combined energy of 70). It’s like waiting for a train that never arrives.

Saturday, the 12th, through to Tuesday the 16th of September is more of the same story. Clean conditions with offshore to cross-offshore winds, but we’re stuck on 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft of NE windswell. Periods drop to around 11 to 13 seconds, which is better shape potential, but the height just isn’t there. Energy values are in the teens and twenties – weak.

We finally see a tiny pulse on Saturday the 19th of September. Swell jumps to 2 ft from the N, but the period crashes to 4 seconds – that’s pure wind chop. Combined energy is only 23. On top of that, a fresh cross-shore wind will make it lumpy and choppy. Not surfable.

The only real spike in the whole window lands on Sunday the 20th of September. The afternoon shows 3 ft of N swell with an 8-second period. The combined energy jumps to 124, which is moderate energy. The wind is offshore from the SW, so it’ll be clean. But 3 ft with a short period (8 seconds) on a reef that needs a proper NE direction? It’s not a good match. The set waves won’t have much power or shape. It’s the most energetic day, but it’s still poor surf conditions according to the data.

After that, it fades back to flat, tiny dribble right through to the 24th of September.

So here’s the bottom line: There are zero standout days for a proper surf. The setup is too sheltered and inconsistent to deliver on this forecast. If you’re desperate for a paddle, the cleanest-looking water with the most consistency on the wind is the stretch from Friday the 11th to Monday the 14th, but you’ll be surfing tiny ankle-biters. The look of the break and the wind, with that steady offshore, might actually be more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer in that window. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Rusty.

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