Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Pilgrim Avenue.

Honestly, mate, it’s a tough stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window is a real struggle. There’s barely a session worth paddling out for, and the surf just doesn’t get its act together. From now through to the end of the window, the waves are tiny, weak, and often messy. There’s no standout day, no real highlight – just a lot of small, poor-condition surf.

We start off Saturday the 12th with a tiny 1ft SSW swell at 6 seconds – that’s a weak 22 (combined energy) and the water’s sitting at 69°, which is about average for this time of year. But it’s onshore wind and the call is “poor surf conditions,” so don’t bother. Sunday the 13th afternoon brings a slight lift to 3ft S swell at 6 seconds, with a light cross-offshore breeze, so the surface cleans up a bit. Still, it’s weak (78 combined energy) and the wave quality is described as “very ordinary.” It’s surfable, but barely worth a mention.

From there, it’s a long, grim run. Monday through to the end of September, the swell rarely gets above 3ft, period is short, and the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, chopping everything up. On Monday the 21st, the swell bumps up to 4ft from the ENE, but it’s period 6 seconds and a fresh 22 mph cross-onshore wind – that’s lumpy, messy, and not for paddling.

Later in the window, on Wednesday the 23rd, there’s a bit more energy – 5ft ESE swell at 7 seconds, with 233 combined energy – but it’s blowing 25 mph cross-onshore. The setup is so blown out and rough that it’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Thursday the 24th sees the biggest surf of the whole outlook: 5ft from the ESE at 9 seconds, combined energy jumping to 441. The period is 9 seconds, so it’s got a bit more push. But again, it’s smashed by 28 mph cross-onshore wind. That’s expert-level wind and size for the exposed reef-and-point setup here, but the quality is shot.

The rest of the days fizzle out into tiny, weak, choppy junk. Nothing here for a surfer to get excited about.

Bottom line: don’t expect any good waves at Pilgrim Avenue for the next 16 days. It’s a blank run – and for this spot, that’s not unusual when the conditions line up this poorly.

Rusty.

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