Hideaway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, listen up. Rusty here. We’ve only got one spot on the menu for the next sixteen days: Hideaway. It’s an advanced reef break that rarely breaks, so don't get your hopes up for a classic run. The whole period is a bit of a tease, with a few windows of clean surf but plenty of messy, windy, or flat hours in between.

The first solid call is Wednesday morning, the 16th of September. We’ve got a 6 ft SSW groundswell rolling in with a long 15-second period. The wind is a light easterly cross-off, keeping things clean. Combined swell energy is a hefty 1474 (moderate to strong) but the size is still manageable for experienced surfers. This is your best chance in the first week.

There’s a real quiet spell from Friday the 18th onward. Friday morning the 18th is glassy but tiny, only 3 ft SSW. The weekend is blown out with cross-onshore wind and choppy conditions, not worth paddling out for.

We see a bump of energy return on Sunday the 20th with 7 ft SSW, but the wind is already cross or cross-on, making it a sloppy mess. The same story continues through Monday the 21st and Tuesday the 22nd—decent swell size (8 ft down to 6 ft) but the wind just won’t cooperate.

Now, for the standout window: Wednesday the 23rd of September morning. It’s a bit further out, so treat it with a pinch of salt, but the numbers are promising. A 7 ft SSW swell with a period of 17 seconds and a cross-off wind from the ESE. The combined energy is a powerful 3030 (strong). That’s a proper groundswell for the advanced crew.

After that, it turns ugly again. Thursday the 24th is a write-off with onshore wind and poor conditions. Then, on Friday the 25th of September morning, we get a massive pulse: 12 ft S swell with a 17-second period and combined energy of 7705 (very strong). That’s expert-only territory. The wind is a fresh cross-shore, so it’ll be lumpy and heavy. Not for the faint-hearted.

The rest of the run into the end of September fades back to small, wind-affected leftovers. The final note is Tuesday the 29th afternoon with a 2 ft SW swell and a very long 21-second period—clean, but tiny. A long-period groundswell like that needs a proper point or reef to work, and even then, the size is minimal.

So, to cut through the noise: your best bets are Wednesday morning the 16th for a solid, clean session, and Wednesday morning the 23rd for a bigger, more powerful stand-out. The 25th is only for the brave. Most of the time, this reef is either too blown out or too flat.

Rusty.

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