Reve Havn Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty.

Well, look, I’ve scanned the whole 16-day window for Reve Havn, and I’ve got to level with you – it’s a pretty sad stretch for paddling. We’ve got a long, frustrating gap at the start. The swell shows up on Thursday the 6th, but it’s a complete mess. We’re looking at a 5ft SSW swell with a short 7-second period, but it’s getting chopped up by a cross-onshore breeze. The energy is weak at 224, and it just looks poor. That afternoon, the wind cranks up from the NW to 28 mph, and the swell jumps to 8ft, but with that wind, it’s just a washing machine. Forget it.

The whole first week is basically a write-off. We’ve got a few pulses of swell, like Saturday the 9th when a 7ft WSW swell rolls in, but again, the conditions are junk. The only real glimmer in this whole first chunk is Sunday afternoon, the 9th. The wind drops to almost nothing from the NNW, going glassy, and we have a 4ft SW swell with a 7-second period. The energy picks up to 515, and it says “expect good surf conditions.” It’s not huge, but it’ll be the cleanest we see for a while. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no dramas there, just bring the right rubber.

But here’s the catch: that one session is a lone beacon. After that, the swell drops right off and we’re stuck in a pattern of tiny, weak waves. From Monday the 10th onwards, the swell heights hover around 2ft to 4ft, with periods all over the show. The wave energy is pathetic – we’re talking three-digit numbers mostly in the low hundreds, and plenty of days dipping into double digits, like 38 and 42. It’s just not happening.

We see a bit of a NW windswell around Tuesday the 11th, but it’s cross-onshore and lumpy. Not worth the paddle. The mid-week days are tiny and weak. There’s a stretch from the 12th right through to the 21st where nothing gets above 4ft, and most of it is in the 2ft to 3ft range. The energy is consistently weak, often below 100, which tells you there’s just nothing out there. Even with the offshore winds we get on the morning of the 13th and later on the 18th, the swell is just too small to do anything with. It’s clean, sure, but you’ll be sitting there bobbing around waiting for a ripple.

Honestly, for this whole period, the only day I’d even think about getting wet is Sunday the 9th. That afternoon’s glassy conditions and that 4ft SW swell at Reve Havn is your one and only chance for a few clean, if small, waves. It’s a beach and reef set-up, and with the light wind, it could be fun for an advanced surfer who just needs a fix. But don’t get your hopes up for anything else. The energy just isn’t there for the rest of the run. For a few days mid-month, it stays so weak and small that it’s more of a flat spell than anything else. This is a stretch where you might want to find another hobby.

Keep the faith, it can’t stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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