Injidup Carpark Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty.

Alright, let’s be straight with you. The next couple of days are pretty grim. We’ve got solid swell on the way, but the wind is all over the shop, blowing onshore and cross-onshore, and it’s choppy as anything. You’d be fighting a losing battle paddling out. There’s a bit of size on Wednesday afternoon, around 8ft from the WSW, but the conditions are marginal at best. Thursday and Friday are similar stories – waves are there, but the wind is messing it up. Thursday morning has a moderate breeze and Friday a fresh one, and the surfaces are just lumpy. You’re better off saving your energy.

The water temp is sitting at 64°, which is about average for this time of year. Nothing crazy there.

Now, after that rough start, things clear up. The standout window is the morning of Monday the 14th. We’re looking at a proper clean morning. The wind drops to a slight air, glassy-like, coming from the northeast which is cross-offshore. The swell is pumping at a solid 12ft from the WSW with a period of 14 seconds. The wave energy is strong, something like 4936 units. This is the one to circle. It’s going to be big, clean, and have some serious push. For the experienced crew, this is your morning. It’s an inconsistent spot, Injidup Carpark, so you’ll be waiting for sets, but the wait will be worth it.

Monday afternoon, the wind swings around to the SSW and picks up, making it a cross-shore chop, so the magic window closes pretty fast. Tuesday stays similar – cross-shore winds, a bit smaller at 10ft, but still a bit messy. Not terrible, but not the Sunday-morning glass we just had.

Wednesday the 16th, the wind goes cross-onshore again with 10ft of swell, so it’s back to being fairly choppy. Then things go a bit flat and messy for a few days. Friday the 18th has strong cross-onshore winds and rain, so forget it.

Now, the big one. Look at the 19th of September. That’s a Saturday, and it’s a different beast. We’re seeing a proper pulse of swell – 20ft on Saturday morning, backing down to 18ft in the afternoon. That’s a lot of water moving. The direction is a touch more westerly, but still in the right zone. The wave energy is massive, over 10,000 units on the morning. That’s some serious grunt. The winds are cross-shore, which will keep it lumpy, but with that size and power, there will be some heavy, grinding reef waves for the experts. This is a big, powerful, and potentially dangerous swell. It’s not for the faint-hearted or the beginners, and it’s a long way out, so you’d want to be sure of your abilities. After that, the swell backs off again, and the winds turn more onshore, so it gets messy again.

The 22nd and 23rd look interesting, with strong cross-offshore winds and 13ft of swell on the 22nd, but the period drops a bit. Still, there’s definitely more size on the way in that second week, but it looks like a pick-and-choose kind of deal between the bigger, cleaner days.

The real gems on offer are the Monday the 14th morning for a classic, clean, big-wave session, and that massive Saturday the 19th for those who are truly charging.

Rusty, signing off.

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