Linkys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get stuck into the surf outlook for this spot.

We're looking at a pretty grim stretch, to be honest. The next 16 days are a real struggle for any decent surf. There's a lot of waiting around. The first few days are a write-off, and we have a long gap of nothing really happening. The best we can hope for is a few tiny windows of clean, small waves, but don't expect anything that'll get your heart racing.

Linkys is a reef and point break, exposed to the swell, but it's *inconsistent* and tends to *rarely break*. The whole period is a bit of a flat spell.

Let's start with the first bit of surfable energy. On the morning of Thursday the 3rd, we've got a tiny 2 ft swell from the SE, with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is a light cross-off, which keeps things clean, but the combined energy is a weak 68 (weak energy). The water temperature is 65°, which is about average for the time of year. It's surfable, but very ordinary. The afternoon gets even worse with a poor onshore wind.

The morning of Friday the 4th is the only real standout of the entire outlook. The swell is still small, 3 ft from the ESE, but the wind is *glass*. That's a major positive. The wave energy is still weak at 62 (weak energy), but glassy conditions will make it look a million bucks. It's tiny, but it'll be clean. If you're desperate for a paddle, this is your window. The afternoon goes back to poor.

Then we hit a massive, flat gap. From Saturday the 5th right through to Tuesday the 15th, it's either too small, blown out, or both. The swell drops to 0.7 ft or 1.0 ft at times, and we have days of strong onshore winds and moderate cross-onshore chop. The combined energy values are in the low teens and single digits for most of this period (10 to 40). This is a long stretch of nothing.

Around Monday the 14th, we see a slight flicker. The morning has a 1 ft swell from the SE with a gentle offshore wind, keeping it clean. The combined energy is still weak at 29 (weak energy). It's a far cry from good, but it's the next best thing after that Friday session.

The last few days of the outlook, from the 17th and 18th of September, are similar. Clean, tiny waves from the ESE and SE, but the swell is only 0.7 ft to 1 ft. The periods get longer, up to 12 and 13 seconds, which would normally be good, but there's just no height to work with. The combined energy remains weak (17 to 40). It's a frustrating end to a frustrating outlook.

Bottom line: The Friday morning session on the 4th is the one to aim for. Glen-tan glassy conditions on a tiny, rideable wave. Everything else is a flat, blown-out, or clean-but-tiny miss. If you're a beginner, the swell never gets above 5 ft, so it's not too big, but it's mostly too small and inconsistent to bother with.

Rusty.

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