Right Point (Cat Bay) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto folks, Rusty here. We’ve got a bit of a mixed bag on the cards for Right Point (Cat Bay) over the next couple of weeks. The longest of the long-range stuff is still a way off, so keep that in the back of your mind for now.

The real standout window kicks off this Friday, the 11th of September. Right Point is gonna be firing with a solid groundswell from the SW. We’re looking at waves around 5.6 ft to 5.9 ft, with a long, juicy 15-second period. This is a proper point break, so it will love that energy, reeling off with some real shape. Conditions are mint: Friday morning the wind is glassy, just a whisper from the SSW at 3 mph, and the water’s a touch warmer than usual at 57°. It’s going to be clean as a whistle. The combined energy is strong, sitting at 1229, pumping a heap of power through the bay. Friday afternoon is just as solid, with the wind holding cross-offshore from the south at 6 mph. It’s a session for experienced blokes, though; the swell is over 5 ft. Saturday the 12th still has some good size at 5.2 ft to 5.6 ft, but the morning is a bit average with a cross-on breeze. Stick to Saturday afternoon – when that wind swings SSE at 3 mph and goes offshore, you’ll be in for clean lines again.

Now, Sunday the 13th and Monday the 14th are write-offs. Strong, lumpy cross-onshore winds are going to make a mess of things. We’ve got about three days of this grotty stuff, with a big jump in wind on the Tuesday the 15th. That day the swell jumps to 9.8 ft with a combined energy of 3504, it’s powerful and wild, but with 28 mph cross-shore winds, it’s unridable for a paddle board. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Things start to tidy up again on Wednesday the 16th of September. The swell is still huge, 8.2 ft to 9.8 ft, with the combined energy hitting a massive 5254. That’s a lot of water moving. The wind is a moderate cross-offshore, so it’s a lot cleaner, but these sizes are strictly for experts. A 14-second period at a point like this will produce some freight trains. Thursday the 17th eases back a touch in the afternoon with 4.6 ft swell, light cross-offshore winds, and that clean 14-second energy – a much more manageable session.

We hit another mostly poor stretch from Friday the 18th through the 22nd with strong onshores or messy cross-shore winds. However, keep your eye on Tuesday the 22nd of September. This is the other true standout. The afternoon brings another massive pulse, 9.8 ft from the SW with a long 16-second period. The combined energy is roaring at 4117. Most importantly, the wind is forecast to go glassy, dead calm from the WNW. If that holds, Right Point is going to be absolutely epic, but it’s a long way out, so don’t bet the house on it. It’s a big, expert-only wave.

After that, the following week looks like a mix of average to poor conditions with onshore winds until Saturday the 26th of September, where we see another solid SSW pulse. It’s a bit inconsistent here, but when it comes in clean like this Friday or that Tuesday in the distance, it’s well worth the wait.

Stay keen.

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