Milook Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about the surf for the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. There are a couple of moments that could be worth a look, but we’ve got to wade through a fair bit of small, choppy mush to get to them.

The only spot the computer is pointing at is Milook, a reef break. The water’s sitting at 66° right now, which is much warmer than you’d expect for this time of year. We’re starting with nothing much to get excited about. From Monday the 24th right through until the end of the month, it’s pretty grim. We’re talking tiny swell, mostly under 2ft, with short periods of 8 to 10 seconds. The wave energy is weak, reading just 10 to 50 during that opening stretch, which tells you there’s nothing pushing in. There’s a day on Wednesday the 26th where the wind goes glassy in the afternoon, but with a 2ft W swell at 8 seconds, it’s only going to be small and weak. It’s a quiet period, with a few days of very poor conditions. The wind turns messy from the 27th onwards, with cross-on and onshore stuff, and the swell barely climbs, even when we see a jump to 7ft on Friday the 28th afternoon, it’s coming with a short 7-second period and a moderate cross-onshore breeze, giving it a combined energy of 449. That’s not going to be pretty; it’ll just be choppy and blown out.

We get a bit more size as we roll into the first week of September, but the winds are still a nightmare. The 1st of September brings a 4ft W swell in the morning with an onshore wind, and the energy ticks up to 268, but it’s not clean. The 2nd and 3rd see more size, with 7ft on the 2nd afternoon and 7ft on the 3rd morning, but it’s all cross-on or onshore, and the energy jumps to 640 and then 636. It’s just messy and lumpy, not the kind of surf you’d want to paddle into.

Now, the one real standout in this whole forecast appears on Saturday, September 7th. We’re looking at a massive pulse of swell hitting Milook in the afternoon, reading 21ft from the west with a very long period of 17 seconds. The combined wave energy is a massive 24688, which is serious power. The wind is cross-on and strong, which is a problem, but the raw size and period are undeniably special. The guidance flags this as a swell that’s predicted to be too big for this break. That means it’s a day for the experts only, and you’d need to know the reef well. The sets will have a ton of water moving. It’s a long way out, so keep an eye on it.

After that monster, the swell settles down through the 8th, still with 10ft and a long 13-second period on Tuesday morning, energy at 2668, but with a cross-on breeze. It’s still big and powerful, but the wind will mess with the surface. Honestly, if you’re not an expert for that 7th, the whole window looks like it’s better suited to kite surfing on the bigger, windier days than paddle surfing, because the quality is just not there at the standard breaks with these onshore winds.

Rusty.

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