Injidup Carpark Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's get into it.

We've got Injup Carpark, a reef break, on the radar. It's a tricky spot, inconsistent but when it lines up, it can be magic. The water is sitting at 66°, which is a touch warmer than you'd normally expect for this time of year.

First up, Thursday the 20th of August is a write-off. Don't bother. We've got a lumpy 12 ft cross-shore mess with over 6000 units (6308) of messy energy, and it's just not happening.

Now, Friday the 21st of August morning is the first real standout. The early session is the call. The wind goes offshore and glassy from the ESE at a mere 3 mph, cleaning up a solid 12 ft SW groundswell. This is a long-period, 14-second swell, so it's going to have some serious push and those longer lulls between sets, which is ideal for a reef setup like this. It's a big swell – over 5 ft, so it's not for beginners, but for experienced surfers looking for a clean, powerful wave, this is your window.

The rest of that Friday and into Saturday the 22nd gets chopped up by cross-shore winds, so it's a pass. Saturday afternoon gets real ugly with a 19 mph fresh breeze.

Sunday the 23rd is all cross-shore chop, no good. Monday the 24th morning sees the wind drop to a light 6 mph from the north, but it's still a cross-shore wind, leaving some ripples on a 10 ft WSW swell. It's not clean.

There's a bit of a lull then into Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th morning is where it gets heavy. We see a massive jump in energy. Wednesday morning the 26th, we're looking at a very serious 18 ft WSW groundswell with a 19-second period. That's a very long period groundswell. The combined energy is massive at 18892. But it's big, over 8 ft, so this is strictly for experts at a reef. The wind is a cross-offshore, which will keep it relatively clean, but at this size, it's a short-period between sets kind of beast.

Thursday the 27th of August morning is the other standout. The swell drops a touch to 16 ft from the SW, still a 15-second period, with clean cross-offshore winds from the SSE at 16 mph. Energy is still huge at 9900. Again, this is solid, expert-only territory.

After that, the swell slowly fades through the end of August. Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th see smaller, cleaner conditions as the wind backs off, but the energy drops significantly. Saturday morning the 29th offers a small 5 ft clean wave, but it's weak (1248). By Sunday the 30th, onshore winds ruin it again. The first week of September is a write-off with persistent onshore and cross-onshore winds and lumpy 10-13 ft surf. It's not looking good.

So, to sum it up: the best windows are the Friday 21st of August morning for a solid, clean 12 ft wave, and the Thursday 27th of August morning for the really big, powerful 16 ft groundswell when it's still clean. Everything else is a battle with the wind or just too small and messy.

Rusty.

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