Henrys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day folks, it’s Rusty here, looking over the surf ahead. It's a mixed bag, but there’s some clean windows to be had, and a couple of more serious pulses later on.

Right off the bat, we’re looking at clean but smaller surf. The early part of the period is all about quality over quantity, with light offshores and glassy conditions giving up some tidy, lined-up waves. It won’t be big, but the surf will be clean and the sets will be long. Water temp is about average for the season, so no wetsuit dramas. The wave energy is moderate, reading between 530 and 836, but it’s all groundswell, so there’s decent push for the size.

Wednesday (16th) starts off fine, with a light NE cross-off in the morning and a proper offshore ESE in the arvo. Waves are around 1.0m, sometimes 1.3m, with that long 16-second period. Thursday (17th) and Friday (18th) are similar, but the afternoons get raggedy as the seabreeze kicks in. Mornings are the call, each day for a clean 1.0m and 0.9m, before the chop arrives. Saturday (19th) looks like a gem for the morning – light NNE winds, glassy conditions and a clean 0.6m of long-period groundswell. Small, but it'll be super clean.

Sunday (20th) the morning is again looking great, with a stronger ENE cross-off and 0.9m of long-period energy. The arvo turns average and stormy. Monday (21st) is a standout: light offshores and glassy conditions with 1.1m of clean, solid swell. That’s the pick of the first week.

Tuesday (22nd) through Friday (26th) keep the small, clean windows each morning before the wind kicks up. The energy drops a touch, but the mornings are still worthwhile.

Now, for the bigger stuff. The weekend of the 27th and into the next week, the swell drops out, but on Saturday morning (26th) we see a bump. The swell jumps to 2.1m, but the period tanks to a short 8 seconds – that’s a storm swell. On the plus side, the SSE winds are light and offshore, so the surface is clean. But the quality is horrible. The combined energy is strong at 1183, but it’s all choppy, close-period stuff. This is for experienced surfers only. Sunday (27th) through Tuesday (29th) morning keeps the stormy pattern around, with rain and moderate cross-shore winds whipping up messy surf.

Then on Tuesday (29th) morning: 2.3m with a shocking 8-second period and a strong SSW cross-shore wind of 25 km/h. That’s a full-on, stormy mess. Big and ugly. For most, this is one to watch from the cliffs. For the kites and foils, this will be way more their thing than a paddle surfer’s.

The final stretch, around Wednesday (30th) and Thursday (1st), looks to settle down with much smaller surf. Clean, sub-metre leftovers with a light SE cross-off and even a complete glass-off on Thursday morning. A nice, clean end to the window, but small.

So, if you’re hunting for clean surf, Monday 21st is the top call – 1.1m of clean, long-period energy and light winds. For the experienced, Saturday 26th offers the most size, but it’s a scrappy, short-period mess. The rest of the time, chase the morning windows on the small days.

Keep it salty.

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