Mullaway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Right, let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Mullaway over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a slow burner, but there’s a proper little gem waiting for us if we’re patient and pick our moments.

For the first week or so, it’s honestly pretty grim. We’ve got a run of weak, short-period S to SSE swells hanging around from Saturday the 29th of August right through to around Friday the 4th of September, but the wave energy is mostly pathetic – that combined swell energy stays under 500 (weak to moderate) for almost all of that stretch, and often dipping into the double digits. Most of these mornings and afternoons are getting torched by cross-shore or cross-onshore winds, which is just making a mess of what little bump there is. You’ll see a few clean windows pop up, like Sunday morning the 30th (clean with 5ft from the SSE, cross-off wind) and Wednesday morning the 2nd (clean again, but only 2ft), but the actual wave quality scores are very ordinary. Honestly, it’s barely worth paddling out for most of this period.

Then we hit the second week and things start waking up. Saturday the 5th of September afternoon suddenly throws a curveball with a 5ft NNE swell, but the period is a piddly 6 seconds and the wind is cross-off – it’s clean, sure, but that short period means it’ll be weak and inconsistent. The combined swell energy is 211 (moderate). It’s the first sign of life, but don’t get too excited.

The real standout arrives on Monday the 8th of September in the morning. We’ve got a solid 6ft SSE groundswell with a period of 12 seconds (that’s proper long period) and the combined swell energy jumps to 804 (strong). The wind is offshore at 25 km/h from the west, so it’s going to be clean as a whistle. This is a proper point break, so that long period will wrap in beautifully. It’s a bit on the bigger side, so keep it for the experienced crew – beginners might find it a handful.

But wait, the absolute pick of the whole forecast is Wednesday morning the 9th of September. This is the one you circle on the calendar. We’ve got a 6ft SSE groundswell, a period of 14 seconds (very long period, groundswell), and the combined swell energy is a massive 1538 (strong). The wind? Glassy. Zero wind. It’s glassy. For a point break like Mullaway, that’s about as perfect as it gets. That long period is going to carve out beautiful, lined-up waves. Again, at 6ft, this is more for experienced surfers – the energy is serious. The water temp here is running about 68°F, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so nothing weird going on with the water.

After that standout morning, the swell drops a notch through the rest of the second week. Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th still have clean-ish windows with 5ft and 4ft SSE groundswell, but the winds start swinging cross-shore and cross-onshore, so the quality won’t be anywhere near as good as that Wednesday glass-off. Saturday and Sunday fade right out.

So, to sum it up: the first week is mostly a write-off. The second week has promise, but the true standouts are Monday the 8th morning (clean, offshore, solid 6ft) and Wednesday the 9th morning (glassy, 6ft, massive energy). That Wednesday session is the one.

Rusty.

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