Oceanic Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you about the next couple of weeks. It’s a pretty flat and quiet stretch overall, and to be honest, the first week and a half is a total write-off. There’s just nothing doing from Saturday the 8th right through to the morning of Monday the 17th. It’s a long, flat spell, so maybe use the time to fix your fins or clean the wax off your board.

The first real glimmer of life shows up on Monday the 17th, but even then, it’s not exactly a day to call in sick for. The swell bumps up a bit, but the wind turns onshore out of the east, which is going to make Oceanic Pier (Oceanic-Pier) messy and lumpy. The energy is only moderate at 130 to 203, and the swell is a short-period 4 to 6 seconds, so it’s not going to have any push. It’s a messy, junky kind of day.

Tuesday the 18th sees the biggest swell of the whole window, with the morning pushing up to 4ft from the southeast. But again, the easterly onshore wind is going to chop it all up. The period is only 6 seconds, which is terrible for a beach/pier set-up. It’s just not going to be any fun. The energy is strong at 201, but it’s all chaos. Honestly, with that onshore wind and short-period swell, this might be more interesting for the kite surfers than those of us on a paddleboard.

The first time the surf actually looks like it might be worth a look is Wednesday morning, the 19th. The wind drops right out to glassy, and the swell eases back to a cleaner 2ft from the southeast with a better 13-second period. The energy is still strong at 171, which is a bit weird for such a small wave, but that long period will give it some push. It’s a glimmer of hope, but the wave comment says it’s just "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." It’s still pretty small, so it’s for the logs and the longboards.

Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st are more of the same. The swell hangs in around 3ft from the southeast, and we get some glassy mornings before the afternoon seabreeze kicks up. The period eases back to 9-10 seconds, which is okay. The energy is still moderate-to-strong, but the size is just not there. The water temp is 82°, which is about average for the time of year, so you won’t need a steamer, just the boardshorts.

The standout, if you can call it that, is probably the Saturday the 22nd morning. The swell is still a small 2ft from the southeast, but the wind is a light cross-offshore, which should keep the pier clean. The period is a decent 9 seconds, and the energy is moderate at 150. It’s not a day to hoot and holler, but for this stretch, it’s probably the cleanest and most rideable it’s going to get. It’s small, but clean.

The run finishes out on Sunday the 23rd with the wind howling onshore and the swell dropping back down. That’s all she wrote for the next couple of weeks. It’s a test of patience, this one. The long-range stuff is promising but not certain, but there’s nothing that’s going to make you sprint for the car.

Rusty, signing off.

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