Redbill Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Redbill Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, the 16-day window kicks off with a pretty flat and ordinary stretch. There’s nothing worth paddling out for until Thursday the 30th of July. The first few days are plagued by weak, short-period slop or junky conditions – Monday the 27th has a tiny 1.0ft SE swell with a long 16-second period, but at a beach break like this, that clean long-period stuff tends to grind straight and won’t offer much. The water temp is sitting at 57°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – not a game-changer, but it’s a bit of a gift for the wetsuit crew.

The Standout – Thursday 30th July

Thursday the 30th is the real highlight of this run. We’ve got a solid push of 6ft to 7ft swell out of the SSE turing S, with a moderate 9-second period. The combined energy is pumping at 543 on the morning and cranking up to 971 by the afternoon – that’s moderate-to-strong wave energy for sure. More importantly, the morning brings a light offshore breeze from the west, setting up clean, lined-up conditions. By the afternoon it turns cross-off with a WSW wind, but the quality holds. This is the day to circle on the calendar if you want some proper surf.

Friday the 31st stays rideable – morning drops back to 3ft SSE but winds are manageable, and the afternoon glass-off with a SE breeze and a glassy surface makes the 3ft SE swell look fun for a log or a fish. Saturday the 1st of August also has a glassy morning with 3ft SE at 12 seconds – clean, but small.

The rest of the run is a mixed bag. You get a few fun windows, like Wednesday the 5th of August with 4ft S and a light breeze, and the 5th afternoon even goes glassy with 4ft S – that’ll be a sneak good session. But nothing touches that Thursday the 30th.

By the second week, we’ve got a big pulse on Saturday the 8th of August – 10ft of S swell, glassy in the morning. That’s expert-only territory, over 8ft, and the period is a short 8 seconds, meaning it’ll be a messy, walled-up beast. Not for the faint-hearted. The wind then swings cross-onshore in the arvo, so even less appealing for a paddle.

Overall, for this exposed beach, the setup is more interesting for the kite crew on those bigger, windier days like Tuesday the 28th of July (6ft but short 6 second period and 16 mph NNW cross-off) and that big 10ft pulse. For the surfer, Thursday 30th July is your best bet – get it while it’s clean.

- Rusty

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