Roads End Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at ya from the coast. Let's have a look at what's on the horizon for Roads End.

Right off the bat, I gotta tell ya, it’s a bit of a slow start. The first day or so is pretty grotty with onshore junk and small, messy swell. The water temp is sittin' around 57°, which feels a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll want that thick wetsuit.

The first real glimmer of hope hits early Friday morning, September 4th. It’s small—around 5ft from the WNW—but the wind goes glassy. That’s pure magic for a beach and reef setup like this. The swell energy is a modest 614, so it’s not gonna be a beast, but clean and rideable. If you can sneak out for a dawny, that’s your window.

The rest of the first week is a washout with lumpy slop, a bit of rain, and hardly any push. There’s a weird little pulse of long-period 16-second swell from the SW on Saturday the 5th, but it’s only 2ft; glassy in the morning, so maybe a log session if you’re desperate, but it won’t have much grunt.

The main event, and I mean the standout, rolls in a full week later on the morning of Thursday, September 10th. It’s glassy again with a clean 4ft from the WNW, period steppin' up to 11 seconds. Energy is a moderate 535. It’s not massive, but the conditions look mint. That afternoon the swell jumps to 7ft with a 14-second period from the NW—that’s proper groundswell energy at 2238, but wind gets tricky and the chop swings in. That morning glass-off is the pick of the whole 16 days for sure.

Further out, Saturday morning the 12th shows a clean 5ft from the NW, but the wind is straight onshore, so that’s a write-off. The afternoon glass-off saves it with only 3ft of long-period SW swell—pretty weak, but glassy. If you’re hanging for a late arvo cruise on a longboard, maybe.

Beyond that, the second week fades into a jumble of small, cross-onshore mush. A few pulses of NW swell show up around 4ft to 6ft in the very last days (September 16th), but the wind never gets clean. They’re big enough for an intermediate paddle but not special.

Look overall, if you’re keen, lock in the morning of Thursday September 10th. It’s clean, it's got a bit of push, and the crowd might be thin. That’s your call.

Stay wet,
Rusty

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