Pelican Watch Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Oi, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – this outlook for the next sixteen days is a bit of a bummer for the paddle crew. There’s just nothing on the cards that’s worth getting excited about. The swell is weak, the wind is mostly messy, and the scores are flat.

Let’s run through it. The only spot in the mix is Pelican Watch. The water temp is sitting at 82°, which is pretty standard for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The whole sixteen-day run is a write-off. We’re starting with a big gap from now until the end of the forecast. The first few days, right through the weekend, are tiny with heights barely scraping 2 ft and swell energy way down in the double digits (65). The wind is all over the shop – cross-onshore, cross-shore, you name it – making for rippled, choppy, and generally poor conditions.

We get a bit of a bump in energy around Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th, with a 4 ft swell from the east and combined energy hitting 115 and 146. But it’s a junk swell. The period is short (6-7 seconds), so it’s weak and disorganised, and the wind is fresh and onshore, making it lumpy and ugly. Not for surfing.

The rest of the second week and into the third week stays limp. The swell drops back to 1 ft to 2 ft, and while the wind does go offshore or cross-offshore a few times (like the 10th, 11th, and 16th of September), the swell is just too weak to do anything with. The energy numbers are all in the teens and thirties – it’s a flat spell.

There’s a slight lift on the 18th with a 3 ft swell coming in, but the period is only 5 seconds and the wind is onshore or cross-onshore again. That’s a wind-swell bump, not a surfer’s swell.

Honestly, this is one of those stretches where the beach looks more interesting for the kite crew than anyone with a paddle. A few days of clean offshore wind might be nice for a cruise, but there’s no wave to ride. If you’re desperate, keep an eye on the forecasts – it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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