Point Annihilation Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s talk about Point Annihilation (reef and point) over the next couple of weeks. The water’s about 56°, which is a couple degrees colder than normal for this time of year – feels a bit nippy, might want a spring suit.

We start off real ugly. Wednesday the 8th is a total washout – cloudy, onshore wind, 6ft of messy ESE swell. Energy’s weak (863), and it’s just poor. That mess runs through Thursday and Friday with a big southerly wind and heavy rain pushing swell over 13ft at times, but it’s all cross-onshore and blown apart – energy hits 4472 Friday morning, but it’s useless. Saturday the 11th stays rough, still onshore and sloppy with 7ft to 8ft.

Sunday the 12th shows a little life. Morning brings some clouds, light breeze, and 5ft SE swell with moderate energy (765). It’s marginal – maybe okay for a noodle on a longboard. Wind goes light cross-shore in the arvo and cleans up a bit, but still only 5ft. Not the day to set your watch by.

Monday the 13th is where it starts to feel like surf. Clear skies, light northerly cross-offshore breeze, and 3ft of SE swell with 280 energy. Waves are clean, small, but rideable – good for intermediates. Tuesday the 14th gets even smaller with 1ft of SSW groundswell and glassy conditions in the afternoon – 2ft and glassy (78 energy). Peaceful paddle.

Mid-week from Wednesday 15th is mostly flat – 2ft clean but small, energy dropping. Then Thursday the 16th jumps to 7ft of long-period SE swell (14 seconds, 1777 energy) with a light cross-onshore breeze. Marginal, but that long period is proper groundswell – the reef and point will love it.

Friday the 17th is a standout. Light cross-offshore winds, 6ft of SE swell at 12 seconds – clean, lined up, with about 900 energy. This is solid fun for intermediates and above. That carries into Saturday the 18th with 5ft SE swell and a moderate offshore NE wind at 20 km/h – clean and groomed, energy jumps to 1313. One of the best windows.

Sunday 19th and Monday 20th drop back to 3ft – 5ft, clean but weaker. Then Tuesday 21st spikes hard: 10ft to 16ft of east swell. That’s big – over 8ft, so experts only. Period’s short (8 seconds) on the morning pulse, so it’ll be fat and closey at the beach but the point might handle it. Energy goes nuts – 5396 Tuesday arvo. It’s clean with a cross-offshore breeze, but that’s a lot of water.

The real gem is Wednesday the 22nd. Glassy conditions with 13ft of east swell at 11 seconds – excellent, powerful groundswell for experts. Energy at 3850, NNE wind dead still. Thursday the 23rd stays clean with offshore winds and drops to 7ft at 11 seconds – still really good, a bit more manageable. That’s your pick.

Best on offer is Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd at Point Annihilation – glassy or offshore, big east swell with decent period. Crowds can happen here sometimes, but on that size most blokes will stay on the beach. For the crew that can handle it, that’s the session.

Don’t bother before Wednesday the 13th – that’s a five-day gap of poor conditions. After that, the 17th and 18th are your clean smaller days. The very end of the run around the 22nd and 23rd is where the magic could happen.

Stay safe, read the tides, and don’t paddle out on Tuesday the 21st if you’re not solid.

Rusty.

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