Mullaway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s talk about the surf ahead for Mullaway. This is a point break that needs an ESE to SSE swell, and it’s exposed, so it’ll pick up anything that’s coming. The water’s sitting at 68°, which is about what you’d expect for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

Honestly, the next week and a half looks pretty bleak. We’ve got a long stretch of poor to marginal conditions, with only a few brief windows where things get close to surfable. The first real chance you’ll have to get wet is on Saturday the 12th. The morning will see a small 3 ft swell from the SSE, with a cross-offshore breeze from the SSW, making it pretty clean. The energy’s weak (236), so don’t expect much push, but it’ll be rideable. The swell period is 9 seconds, so it’s a bit short-period, but on a point break like Mullaway, it should still wrap in nicely. Crowds are often here, so you won’t be alone, but it’s the best of a bad bunch.

After that, it drops right off. Sunday the 13th through to Tuesday the 15th are tiny, with swell heights under 3 ft, and the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, making it choppy and messy. There’s nothing to get excited about. Then Wednesday the 16th brings a bit of size – 6 ft from the SE – but the period is a short 7 seconds, and the wind is cross-onshore, making it lumpy. It’s a poor outlook, and the energy is moderate (353), but it’s wasted.

The next stand-out might be on Saturday the 19th, but it’s not looking great. We’ve got a 7 ft swell from the SSE, with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind is cross-shore from the SSE at 19 mph. The energy is moderate (525), but the cross-chop will make it bumpy. If you’re desperate, you could find a corner, but it’s not the kind of session you’d write home about. The afternoon gets a bit stronger with 11-second period and 1646 energy, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy.

Looking further out, the end of the window has some size. On the 24th, there’s a 8 ft SSE swell with an 11-second period, and the wind turns cross-offshore from the SSW in the afternoon, so it cleans up. The energy is strong (1269). This could be the pick of the whole forecast, but it’s over two weeks away, so treat it as promising but not locked in. The 25th also has a 7 ft S swell, but the wind is strong cross-shore at 22 mph, and the period is 10 seconds, so it’s lumpy. There’s a 5 ft S swell with a very long 19-second period and massive energy (2249) in the afternoon, but that wind will mess it up.

For a point break, those long-period swells (over 15 seconds) can be tricky – they tend to break a bit too straight, but Mullaway should handle it. Still, the wind is a deal-breaker.

Overall, the standout is the morning of Saturday the 12th for a small but clean session, and the 24th afternoon if the wind holds. Everything else is a write-off or too far out to trust.

Rusty.

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