Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty, and I’m looking at Pilgrim Avenue (reef and point) here over the next 16 days, and it’s a pretty bleak run. There’s no real standout session across the entire stretch. The first surfable window doesn’t pop up until late in the second week, so you’ve got a long dry spell before anything worth talking about.

Right off the bat on Saturday the 12th into the following week, it’s all tiny swell—under 1 ft—mostly from the south and southeast at short periods, and winds are cross-on or cross-shore. The combined swell energy is weak, rarely cracking 50 (22) on Saturday morning. Sunday the 13th afternoon brings a clean cross-off from the NNW with a slight bump to 3 ft swell, but the period is only 5 seconds and energy just 55—more of a ripple.

The first full week is flat: nothing above 3 ft, a lot of onshore and cross-shore wind, and energy mostly below 50. Tuesday the 16th morning has a glassy moment but only 2 ft. Wednesday the 16th afternoon and Thursday the 17th morning are clean with cross-off winds from the SSW, but swell drops to 1 ft. Not surfable.

Friday the 18th shows a brief offshore from the west at 12 mph, but it’s a 0.3 ft swell with 13 seconds period—long but no height. That afternoon returns to 1 ft at 4 seconds.

Saturday the 19th through Monday the 21st is clean but tiny, swell under 2 ft, and Monday the onshore ESE wind picks up and chops it.

Then comes the only window worth your time: Tuesday the 22nd afternoon shows a pulse of 5 ft swell from the ESE at 8 seconds, with a light cross-off from the southwest. Combined energy hits 262—moderate—and it’s called surfable. Wednesday the 23rd morning follows with a clean offshore from the west at 3 mph, 4 ft swell from the ESE at 8 seconds, energy at 181. That’s the best of the whole forecast. Swell direction is a decent match for Pilgrim Avenue’s optimum from the SSE. Size stays under 5 ft, so it’s solid for intermediates, and the offshore wind gives clean faces. Crowds are “sometimes,” so a few locals but nothing packed.

But by Wednesday afternoon the 23rd, the wind swings cross-on from the southeast, swelling to 6 ft with bump, and Thursday the 24th sees 6 to 7 ft swell but fresh cross-shore winds at 22 mph, energy jumping to 748 (strong) but lumpy. That Thursday afternoon with a 10-second period and strong cross-shore wind—that’s more kite surfing territory. Friday the 25th is cross-on at 4 ft with moderate breeze, still messy.

Sunday the 27th morning turns glassy with a light offshore from the WNW, but only 2 ft swell at 8 seconds, 58 energy—clean but too small.

So the only real session is Tuesday afternoon the 22nd through Wednesday morning the 23rd. Water temp at the start is 69°, about average for this time of year with a slight anomaly. Don’t hold your breath for the rest of the fortnight.

Rusty.

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