Pobbles Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with ya — the next sixteen days are a tough watch for Pobbles Beach. There just isn’t a good session in sight across the whole window. The swell kicks up a few times, sure, but the winds and conditions keep it messy or blown out, so there’s nothing really worth paddling for.

We start on Saturday the 12th with a 5ft swell from the WSW, but a strong 35 km/h cross-onshore wind makes it lumpy and poor. The combined wave energy is moderate at 214, but that doesn’t save it — it’s rough. That afternoon the swell bumps up to 7ft with even stronger wind, 40 km/h, and wave energy jumps to 408, but it’s still all cross-onshore and messy. Over 5ft, this is already on the bigger side for beginners, and with that wind, it’s just a washout.

Sunday the 13th offers little relief — 4ft swell in the morning with light 10 km/h cross-shore wind, so it’s small crossing ripples, and wave energy at 154. It looks better than Saturday but still poor. The afternoon sees a longer period of 10 seconds from the WSW with 4ft swell, energy at 255, but moderate cross-shore wind brings a cross-chop. Not for me.

Monday the 14th stays poor — morning has 3ft swell, gentle 15 km/h cross-onshore, choppy. Afternoon picks up a little to 4ft with 8-second period, but it’s still choppy.

From Tuesday the 15th through Thursday the 17th, the wind shifts to cross-offshore from the NW and WNW, and conditions clean up. The swell sits around 4ft to 5ft, with periods mostly around 7 seconds. Tuesday morning has 5ft from the west, energy at 182, clean. Wednesday morning 4ft, clean. Thursday morning hits 5ft from the west, energy 223, clean. If any window had a sniff, it’s these few days — clean faces, consistent bump in the swell, and the water’s much warmer than normal at 66°, which is over 5° above average — very unusual, you’ll notice it. But the waves are still just poor quality overall, with short period and no proper shape. Still, for a frustrated surfer, these are the only halfway decent conditions across the whole run.

Friday the 18th morning stays clean at 3ft, but afternoon it gets a cross-shore chop and wave energy drops to 90 — weak. Saturday the 19th morning gets messy again with fresh cross-onshore and 5ft swell, energy 221.

Then Sunday the 20th afternoon brings a big jump — 10ft from the WSW, energy a massive 1109, but with 35 km/h cross-onshore wind, it’s lumpy and dangerous. Over 8ft and messy, that’s experts only, if anyone’s mad enough.

From Monday the 21st onward, the swell drops fast — 4ft, then 3ft, then down to 2ft, 2ft, 1ft by midweek. By Wednesday the 23rd, it’s glassy in the afternoon with 1ft and 5 km/h east wind — flat and calm. Late in the window, around Friday the 25th, a long-period 11-second swell from the west appears at 1ft, energy only 39, so weak.

There’s just no standout here. The cleanest days are Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th, but even then, the swell is short-period and only modest. The water being much warmer than normal is the only real talking point. For the rest, it’s a long blank run — no good surf to chase.

Rusty.

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