Freshwater and Harbord Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gather ’round, crew. Rusty here. I’ve been staring at the charts for our little patch for the next couple weeks, and I gotta be straight with you – it’s a grim stretch. This isn’t one of those “wait an hour and it’ll clean up” deals. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with almost nothing worth paddling out for, especially for the next week and a half.

Right off the bat, Monday the 17th is a write-off. We’ve got a weak 4 ft ESE windswell, period barely scraping 7 seconds, with a light onshore breeze. The combined energy is a feeble 112 – that’s dead. Add in rain, and you’re better off staying in bed.

The whole first week is a bust. Tuesday through Sunday, the swell is tiny, from 1 ft up to a pathetic 4 ft, but it’s all short-period, choppy junk. There’s a little window on Wednesday morning the 19th when it goes glassy with a 2 ft ESE swell and a 10-second period (combined energy 150), but that’s barely enough for a log. Friday the 21st goes offshore and clean, but again, it’s only 2 ft to 3 ft. It’s like the ocean forgot how to make waves.

Honestly, nothing surfaces that’s worth a second look until Thursday the 27th. That morning we get a 3 ft SSE swell with a 10-second period and clean, cross-off winds. The energy jumps to 224, which is at least moderate. But it’s still just “surfable but very ordinary.”

Now, here’s the one flicker of hope, and it’s a long way off. On Friday the 28th, early in the morning, we finally see some pulse. A 6 ft NE swell rolls in, 8-second period, and the combined energy is a hefty 803 – that’s proper moderate-to-strong energy. The wind goes glassy. That is the standout of the entire sixteen days. It’s a bit short-period for a groundswell, but at that size and with glass, Freshwater might actually offer a few fun, punchy ones for the early crew. It won’t be perfect – the direction is ENE, and this spot is sheltered and prefers ENE. Still, for the size and the glass, that Friday morning is the best on offer. After that, it drops back to junk by the afternoon and stays poor through the end of the run.

So there you have it. A whole lot of nothing, with one morning – Friday the 28th – that might just make it worth dragging yourself out of bed. Hoping the forecasts shift, but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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