Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Pilgrim Avenue are looking pretty flat and underwhelming. The swell window is just not lining up, and most of what we get is short-period slop with cross-off winds. There’s a bit of a gap at the start, so don’t expect much early.

Thursday the 6th is a write-off – we’re talking 0.7ft of weak SSE swell at 8 seconds, with a mere 11 units of energy. It’s not worth paddling out for. Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th see a slight bump to 3ft on the morning, but the period drops to 6 seconds, and the energy stays weak (60 and 71 units). It’s just lumpy, unorganized stuff. You’re better off waiting.

The first real glimmer of hope comes Sunday the 9th morning. The swell pushes up to 4ft from the SSW at 7 seconds, and the combined energy finally jumps into triple digits at 232 – that’s moderate energy, and the most we’ll see for a while. The wind is WSW at 15 km/h (9 mph), which is cross-off. It’s still not great, but it’s the best of a poor bunch. By the afternoon, it drops back to 3ft and the wind turns offshore, but the energy fades to 81. Honestly, it’s a marginal day, worth a look if you’re desperate for a few clean shoulders on the high tide.

Then we hit a dead zone. From Monday the 10th through to Tuesday the 19th, it’s a whole lot of nothing. Swell heights hover between 0.3ft and 3ft, periods are scrawny (6-9 seconds), and energy readings are mostly in the single or double digits. The only day with any pulse is Wednesday the 19th afternoon, when the swell jumps to 5ft from the SSW at 6 seconds. The energy reads 169 – moderate – and the wind is a moderate offshore from the W at 20 km/h (12 mph). But the period is short and junky; it’ll be fat and closey. That’s a whole week and a half of waiting for a sub-par offering.

Further out, Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st are more of the same – small, weak, and largely forgettable. There’s nothing on the horizon that screams “go.”

So, the honest truth: this 16-day window is a bust for Pilgrim Avenue. We have one brief, marginal window on Sunday the 9th, and then a long stretch of nothing until a slightly better but still poor pulse on Wednesday the 19th. Water temp is sitting at 69°F, which is about 2°F colder than average for the time of year – you’ll feel that chill on the mornings, but a decent fullsuit sorts it out.

No standouts, no heroes. Just flatness and frustration. Hang loose, check back later, forecasts can always change. This is Rusty, signing off.

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