Redhead Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this is a grim stretch for Redhead. There’s nothing on the table that I’d call a proper surf session. The whole 16-day window is a write-off for good waves. The energy is just not there, and when a little bump does show up, the wind ruins it.

We start right now, and there’s a gap right from the get-go. The first few days are flat or tiny. On Thursday the 10th, we’ve got a weak 1ft ESE swell with a 10-second period, but it’s blown out by a cross-on SSW breeze at 15 mph. The combined energy is a measly 38 – barely a ripple. Friday the 11th is even worse, with a 0.3ft E swell. Saturday the 12th is completely flat. That’s four days of nothing.

Sunday the 13th afternoon offers a tiny bump: 3ft from the ENE, but with a 4-second period, it’s just wind chop. The wind is cross-off, so it’s clean, but the energy is only 44. Not worth paddling out for. Monday the 14th morning has a small 0.7ft E swell with a 13-second period, giving us 23 combined energy, and the wind is offshore from the NNW – clean. But the size is just too small to surf.

The closest thing to a pulse comes on Tuesday the 15th afternoon. We get a 5ft SSE swell with a 5-second period, and the combined energy jumps to 118 – that’s moderate energy. But the wind is onshore from the SSE at 15 mph, making it messy and choppy. The short period means it’s just lumpy, weak wind swell. Not a standout.

From Wednesday the 16th right through to the end of the forecast on the 25th of September, it’s a wasteland. There are a few tiny spikes with clean wind, like Wednesday the 23rd morning with a 2ft ENE swell and 75 energy, but it’s cross-on at 15 mph, so blown out. The wind stays strong and often onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell never builds to anything rideable. Even the bigger breeze days on the 24th and 25th are flat or have zero energy.

The water temperature is 66°F, which is pretty much average for the time of year, with a tiny anomaly of +0.4°F. Nothing to write home about.

Look, for this location, it’s not unusual to have a blank run like this. The place just goes quiet. The setup is a reef, but with no swell, it doesn’t matter. If you’re desperate, the cleanest tiny windows are Sunday the 13th afternoon and Monday the 14th morning, but even then, you’d need a longboard and no expectations. The best bet is to wait for a new forecast. The pattern tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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