Fox Hill Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you how it’s looking. Honestly, I’ll be straight with you – this stretch isn't setting the world on fire. The next couple of weeks are mostly flat or just messy little windswell, with barely anything worth paddling out for until the very end. The only time you get anything that even resembles a wave is this morning and then again a week and a half from now. Most of the time the swell’s tiny, period’s short, and the energy just isn’t there. There are long gaps of nothing worth chasing.

Fox Hill Point (reef break) is your only spot in the mix, and it's not exactly pumping. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year. Not dramatic, but you’ll notice it.

So here’s how it shakes down. This morning, Sunday the 6th, there’s some small east swell around 4ft, but the period’s only 7 seconds – that’s short-period windswell, weak and a bit messy. The wind’s cross-off from the NNW at 3 mph though, so the surface is clean. The combined energy is only 175 – moderate, but nothing special. It’s surfable but very ordinary. The afternoon drops a bit, 3ft from the ENE with even less period, 6 seconds, and low energy at 93. Wind goes glassy though – that’s nice, but the waves are tiny.

From Monday the 7th right through to Wednesday the 16th of September, it’s pretty much all poor conditions. We’re talking waves mostly under 2ft, short periods, and not enough oomph to break properly. Some mornings have clean conditions, but there’s no swell behind it. You’d be sitting out there on a mill pond. Thursday the 10th sees a little bump – 3ft from the south, only 6 seconds, weak energy at 86, and cross-off wind, so it’s clean but barely rideable. That’s the best of a bad lot mid-period, but it’s still poor.

Then from the 11th to the 17th, it’s flat or tiny, periods all under 10 seconds, and mostly cross or onshore wind – no real hope.

Now, there is a flicker of life on Friday the 18th of September. The morning pushes 4ft from the ENE, period only 5 seconds, but the energy hits 105 – moderate at least. Wind is light cross-off from the SSW at 3 mph, so it’ll be clean. It’s still short-period slop, but if you’re desperate, it’s the only wave of any size in the whole outlook. Not a standout by any stretch. After that, it drops back to almost nothing right through to the end on the 21st.

So, for the entire 16 days, the only windows that even qualify as “surfable” are this morning and the morning of the 18th. If I had to pick one, Friday the 18th morning is the best on offer – just because it has the most size. But don’t expect much.

Rusty.

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