Haggerty's Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. Looking at the charts for our stretch of coast, and to be honest, it’s a bit of a waiting game. We’ve got a lot of small, weak surf and the winds are mostly going to be messing things up. It’s not a total write-off, but you’re going to have to pick your moments carefully and be ready to surf some pretty ordinary waves.

The first few days are basically a no-go. Wednesday and Thursday are tiny, with weak energy and cross/onshore winds chopping up what little is there. You’re looking at 1ft waves and poor conditions. Not worth getting wet for, honestly.

Then we get a little bump on Friday morning the 7th. The swell pushes up slightly to 1ft, but the period jumps to a solid 19 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, and with a light S cross-offshore wind, it should be clean. The combined energy is moderate at 233. It’s still small, but those long-period lines might just make Haggerty's (Haggertys-and-Malaga-Cove) work. It’s a reef and point set-up, and long-period swell is its friend. This is the best of a pretty ordinary bunch, but don’t expect miracles. It’s surfable, but very ordinary.

The weekend is a bit of a fizzer. The swell stays around 2ft, and the winds keep swinging onshore in the afternoons, ruining any chance of clean conditions. Mornings stay as the best bet, but with those cross-shore breezes, it’s not going to be pretty.

Monday the 10th offers another slim chance. The morning sees a light S cross-offshore breeze and a clean 2ft SSW swell. It’s surfable, but again, nothing to write home about. The energy is moderate at 145. The same story repeats on Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th mornings – small, clean, but weak.

We’re looking at about a week of this, with small, weak surf and a lot of poor conditions. The afternoons are consistently ruined by cross-onshore winds. It's a real grind.

Now, looking further out, around Friday the 14th and into the weekend, things start to get a bit more interesting. The swell size creeps up, with the Friday afternoon showing 2ft, and the energy jumps to a strong 391. The period is still decent at 18 seconds. The problem is the wind – it’s cross-on and getting stronger, which is going to chop it up. The Saturday the 15th morning has similar swell, 2ft, and light winds, but the energy backs off a bit to 334. It’s still only a marginal call.

The best bet in this window might be the morning of Sunday the 16th. The swell is 2ft, and the energy is moderate, but the winds are light. It’s still not going to be a classic. The real standout is the 19-second period swell on the 14th, but the winds are against us. It's a promise of things to come, but not the day itself.

Overall, the second week looks like it has a bit more size, but the quality is still going to be an issue. We’re not seeing any clean, solid swell on the charts. It’s going to be a case of small waves and tricky winds. Hang in there, and keep an eye on those morning sessions.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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