Mullaway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: it’s a bit of a flat, junky stretch ahead for Mullaway. The next week and a half is mostly small, messy, and onshore. We’re looking at a lot of lumpy cross-shore chop under fresh southerly breezes, with a few windows of cleaner conditions but hardly any size. The swell energy is mostly weak to moderate, and it just doesn’t line up with what this point wants. It’s not going to be completely dead, but you’ll be scratching around for anything rideable. For the region, the opening days are a write-off, with a significant gap of poor-to-marginal surf from now through the middle of next week.

On Thursday the 10th, there’s swell in the water, but it’s ugly – 8ft of SSE windswell at 9 seconds, pushed by a fresh 19 mph cross-shore breeze. There’s plenty of grunt, but it’s lumpy and cross-chop, and the call is marginal at best. Not the kind of day you get excited about. Friday the 11th eases a touch but stays messy – 8ft at 10 seconds, still cross-shore in the morning with moderate breeze. The arvo drops off quick to 5ft and turns cross-onshore, which is basically game over for clean waves.

The weekend is small. Saturday the 12th has only 3ft in the morning with a light cross-shore, but it’s a struggle – not enough push. Sunday the 13th is even weaker and turns onshore with ENE breeze. There’s a long stretch from Sunday through to about Tuesday the 16th where it’s tiny, disorganised, and just not worth paddling out for. The energy readings drop hard by Tuesday morning, which tells you all you need to know.

We get a little reprieve on Wednesday the 16th: a pulse of 6ft SSE swell at a short 7 seconds, but the cross-onshore wind blows it out again. It’s more of a chop-fest than a surf. Thursday the 17th holds 4ft at a longer 11 seconds, but it’s light cross-onshore and still pretty ordinary.

Now, the standout, and you’ll want to circle this one: Mullaway (New South Wales) on the morning of Sunday the 20th. This is the pick of the whole window. The model shows 5ft of SSE swell at 11 seconds, a proper groundswell for this point, and the wind goes light offshore out of the NNW – clean, glassy lines. That’s the one you clear your schedule for. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing extreme there. Crowds can show up, and it’s fairly consistent, but on a clean Sunday morning there should be waves for everyone. This is the day that makes the wait worthwhile.

After that, the energy fades again. Monday the 21st is a write-off – fresh 19 mph southerly cross-shore and messy. The following week looks mostly small and wind-affected, with a couple of interesting pulses but nothing clean. Thursday the 24th pushes 10ft of SE swell at 8 seconds with strong energy, but it’s cross-onshore and lumpy, and that’s a lot of short-period power – more of a battle than a joyride, and too big for beginners. Friday the 25th backs off to 6ft, but conditions stay average.

So, honest answer: the window is full of duds, but that Sunday morning on the 20th is the real deal – clean, head-high, and lined up. Get among it while it’s there.

Rusty.

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