Osaki Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, grab your wettie and listen up. It's Rusty here.

We’re looking at a bit of a slow start at Osaki Point (beach and reef). The first few days are pretty average, with a cross-onshore breeze and marginal conditions. Don't get too excited about Tuesday the 7th or Wednesday the 8th – the swell is there, but the wind's junk and the wave comment’s not inspiring anyone. The water’s sitting at 77°, which is a touch colder than what we'd usually expect this time of year.

The real action kicks off from late in the week. Thursday the 9th is a step up with a solid 10ft SSE groundswell, but it’s still a bit scratchy. The standouts are Friday the 10th afternoon and Saturday the 11th. That’s where it’s at. Friday afternoon hits with a 13ft S swell at 17 seconds – that's serious, long-period energy coming through. The swell energy is massive, so there’s plenty of power. It's big – over 8ft – so this is for experts only. The wind is light cross-onshore, so it won't be perfect, but the size and period make it the most interesting session of the whole outlook.

Saturday the 11th is also massive, with 15ft swells from the S and later SSW. The energy figures are through the roof. Again, expert territory. The wind stays light, so the surface won’t be too chopped up, but watch for those long 17-second groundswells – they’ll be wedging up on the reef, offering some proper barrels if you’ve got the nerve. It’s exposed to the SSE swell, so it’ll pick up all that energy.

Then Sunday the 12th morning is a classic: 10ft SSW swell, dead calm glassy conditions, and a clean forecast. That’s the one for experienced surfers who want power without the full-on chaos of Friday. It drops through the rest of the week, with Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th offering much smaller, cleaner waves in the 4ft to 6ft range – good for intermediates, especially with glassy mornings and clean afternoons.

We’ve got a quiet spell from the 15th to the 17th, with tiny 3ft to 4ft waves. There’s a little pulse on Saturday the 18th afternoon, with a clean 10ft SSE swell arriving – that’s another decent option for experienced surfers. Sunday the 19th morning is also clean with 8ft swell from the ESE, but the wind turns cross-onshore by the arvo. After that, it fades out into the 20th and 21st with onshore wind and small, weak swell, and by the 22nd it’s a write-off with poor conditions.

So in short: the best waves are Friday the 10th afternoon and Saturday the 11th for the big-swell crew, and Sunday the 12th morning for the clean, powerful session. The rest is a mix of small clean waves for the learner/intermediate crew or straight-up junk.

Rusty.

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