Merewether - Ladies Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, grab ya coffee and have a listen. Rusty here, and I've been staring at the charts for our little slice of coast.

First things first, the only game in town for the next couple of weeks is Merewether - Ladies. It's a reliable reef setup that handles a fair bit of juice.

The week kicks off proper on Friday the 28th morning. The ocean is waking up with a solid 6 ft SSE swell (752 combined energy) and the wind is a clean, light offshore from the NW. Water temp is sitting at 65°, which is pretty much what you'd expect for late winter – nothing unusual there. Friday morning is the standout for the first few days; it's going to be firing and clean. The afternoon turns messy with a SE onshore, so make the most of the early session.

Saturday and Sunday are a mixed bag. Saturday's got some size but the wind is all wrong (cross-onshore), so it'll be a bumpy mess. Sunday morning, though, is a beauty. The swell drops to a fun 3 ft from the SE, but the wind goes totally *glass*. That's a beautiful thing – dead calm, clean as a whistle. Ideal for a longboard on that reef. Sunday afternoon the seabreeze ruins it again.

Monday the 31st morning looks okay again: a glassy 4 ft southerly swell with a light SW wind. That’s a nice little window. The period is only 8 seconds, so it's a bit of a windswell, but still fun on the inside. The afternoon sees a weird 15-second period pulse from the SSE, but it's only 2 ft and the cross-onshore wind chops it up.

Tuesday the 1st of September is actually a solid little day. Clean cross-off winds all day with consistent 3 ft SSE and S swells. The sets will be well-shaped with a 11-second period. A very user-friendly day for intermediates.

The following few days (Wednesday 2nd through Friday 4th) are a bit of a fizzer. The swell drops right off to 2 ft or less, even with clean offshore winds. There's just no energy in the water (combined energy dropping to around 50). It's a total lull. You'd be better off changing the wax on your board.

Things get interesting again on the 7th of September. A big pulse of swell shows up, hitting 12 ft on Monday morning. That's serious power (2233 combined energy), but the wind is onshore and messy. It's going to be a washing machine. Too big for beginners and too ugly for anyone else, honestly. That setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing that day.

Now, here's the true standout. Tuesday the 8th of September morning is the day to circle on the calendar. The swell has dropped to a still-chunky 8 ft from the SSE with a long 12-second period. But the kicker? The wind is dead calm. Absolutely *glassy*. This is excellent surf for experienced surfers only – 8 ft is over the 8 ft mark in the bigger sets, so it's an expert zone. The long period means the waves will have real grunt and will wall up nicely on that reef. If you've got the skill, that Tuesday morning session is the absolute peak of this whole outlook.

The surf settles back down after that, with a few clean but smaller days on Wednesday the 9th (4 ft SSE, offshore wind). The final week from the 10th onward looks poor again with onshore winds and fading size. A couple of ordinary 2 ft days on the 11th and 12th, but nothing to get excited about.

So, to wrap it up: don't waste your time on the flat patch in early September. Friday 28th morning and Tuesday 8th September morning are your two big winners, but that Tuesday is only for the strong swimmers and experienced crew.

Rusty.

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