Padang Padang Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day. Rusty here. Let’s talk about Padang Padang. We’ve got a solid run of groundswell on the cards, and honestly, the next week and a half is looking pretty special. The water’s sitting at a normal 79.2°F, so don’t stress about a wetsuit.

The run starts this Tuesday morning with a clean 6.9ft SSW groundswell pushing through. Period’s a touch under 13 seconds, but there’s plenty of punch in it. We’re talking moderate offshore winds all day, so it’s going to be clean, groomed, and firing. This is a reef break, remember, and it’s for the experienced crew. The crowds can show up here, and with waves like this, expect the lineup to have a few takers. The energy’s strong, sitting around 2916, and it stays solid all day.

Wednesday is the standout of the first week. Swell bumps up to a solid 8.2ft from the SSW with a longer 16-second period. Morning has some rain showers, but the wind is a gentle offshore from the SSE, which is just about perfect. The energy reads 3182. This is big, powerful Padang Padang. If you’re not comfortable charging, give it a miss—this is expert territory, and the paddle out will sort the men from the boys. The afternoon cleans up to clear skies and 7.9ft waves. This is the one to be frothing on.

Thursday holds in at around 6.9ft, still with those clean offshore conditions. A touch smaller, but still very, very good. Friday and Saturday see a slight ease in size, coming down to the 5.2ft to 6.6ft range, but the wind stays offshore and the quality remains high. It’s still going to be a proper wave, just not as heavy.

Sunday rolls around and it’s time to look up, because the swell jumps back up to 6.9ft with a 17 to 18-second period. The energy is strong. That’s a beautiful, powerful groundswell pushing in.

We’ll see it ease back a bit next week, but the consistency stays. Tuesday the 15th is a bit of a mixed bag—morning looks very good at 5.6ft, but the afternoon gets a bit iffy on the tide. Still, the next day, Wednesday the 16th, is back to firing with that excellent, clean surf.

Now, about the second week: we’ve got another couple of standouts. The run from the 17th to the 20th is consistently in the 4.6ft to 6.6ft range, solid and offshore. But keep your eyes peeled for the end of the window. On Monday the 22nd, there’s a lull in size down to 3.3ft in the morning, but the period jumps to a massive 21 seconds. That’s a real deep-water groundswell. It’ll be breaking a little too straight for the beachies, but for a reef like this, it could be lined up and deadly. The energy backs that up too.

Then, the true standout of the whole run: Wednesday the 23rd of September. The energy numbers go through the roof, reading 4060 in the morning, with a 6.9ft SSW swell and a gentle offshore breeze. The afternoon reads 4033 with a 19-second period. This is as good as it gets. For a long-range call, it’s a bit less certain than the early week’s action, but it looks like a bomb. Don’t sleep on that one. Overall, this is an epic stretch for Padang Padang. My pick is the Wednesday the 9th for size and the Wednesday the 23rd for pure grunt.

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