Friendly Beaches Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get into what’s cooking for Friendly Beaches.

Gonna be a bit of a mixed bag over the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a pretty solid window of surfable waves coming up, but you’ll have to be picky about your timing to get anything truly clean. The real standout is shaping up to be Wednesday morning September 16th, but hold your horses – that one’s for the experts only. Let’s walk through it.

We start off looking at Saturday morning, September 12th. Small waves, only 2ft coming from the south with a very long 18-second period. That’s pure groundswell energy, which usually means great shape, but it’s a bit weak in terms of the combined energy pushing in here (529). The wind is a light cross-onshore, so it’s not looking amazing. Conditions improve on Sunday the 13th. Early morning is where it’s at – glassy conditions, 3ft south swell, period dropping to 11 seconds. That combined energy is down to 204, but with the glassy surface, it’ll be clean and fun for a confident surfer. The water temp is sitting at 56°F, which is about one degree warmer than average for this time of year.

Monday September 14th, the direction swings to the NNE with a short, weak period of 5-6 seconds and only 1ft up to 5ft in the afternoon. The combined energy is low (105-149), and it’s just not that inspiring.

Now, as we push towards Wednesday morning September 16th, we get a big spike. A 10ft south swell with 8-second period hits, and the combined energy absolutely pumps to 1248. Winds are cross-off and clean. This is a large, powerful swell, but the wave comment warns us it’s predicted to be too big for this break. At over 8ft, this is expert territory only. The beach break setup with a short period means it’ll be heavy and dumpy. Not one for the average punter.

The rest of the second week settles down. Thursday morning the 17th sees a more manageable 4ft south swell, period back up to 9 seconds, offshore winds and clean (334 combined energy). That’s a solid session for the intermediate crowd. Friday the 18th is also good for the small-wave crew with 2ft and 15-second period south swell, offshore winds, and clean conditions.

After that, the energy drops right off. From the 19th through to the 27th, it’s mostly small, weak, or onshore. There’s a brief blip on Sunday September 20th with a 6ft NNE swell (combined energy 310) and clean winds, but the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’ll be a bit crumbly. The last few days are just poor surf with windy, cross-shore conditions.

So, if you’re an expert and you’ve got the chops, the real standout is Wednesday morning, September 16th. Otherwise, the best all-rounder for most people is going to be Thursday morning, September 17th, with that clean 4ft south swell and offshore conditions. That’s the one to point your board at. Use your judgment on that big Wednesday swell.

Rusty.

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