Rockpile Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s coming up for Rockpile. It’s a bit of a slow start, but there’s a proper window of power coming through later.

Right now, we’re looking at a few days of small, messy conditions. The first session worth mentioning is Tuesday morning, 1st September, with a tiny 2ft SW swell. The water is a very unusual 75°F, which is a whopping 7°F warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s seriously weird. But the wind is a cross-shore, and it’s only a gentle breeze, so it’s not completely blown out. Still, the combined energy is weak (239), and it’s a marginal call.

The pattern doesn’t really improve through Wednesday or Thursday. The swell stays small, bumpy, and the winds are cross-onshore or choppy. You’re not missing much.

Then we get a proper change. Friday the 4th shows a little more life with a 3ft to 4ft SW swell, but the winds are still onshore or cross-onshore, keeping it messy. The real standout is the morning of Saturday the 5th of September. We’ve got a 4ft S swell, a 14-second period, and the magic word: glassy. Winds are a light 3 mph from the west, and it’s dead calm. Combined energy is up to a solid 1015, so there’s some proper push. This is a clean, long-period groundswell that will make the reef work nicely. The waves will be lined up, and while the sets will be a bit spaced out, the paddling out will be easy. This is the pick of the first week.

Saturday afternoon sees the swell jump to 6ft from the SSW, but the wind swings cross-shore, so it loses some of that perfection. Still, 6ft with a 15-second period has some serious grunt.

Sunday the 6th of September is for the strong paddlers. Morning brings an 8ft SSW swell, with light cross-offshore winds, making it clean. The combined energy is a massive 2757. This is big, powerful, and only for experienced surfers. The afternoon pumps up to 10ft, and the wind stays cross-off, so it’s still clean, but it’s also huge. This is expert territory only.

Monday the 7th of September is the peak of the run. The morning has 10ft of SSW swell, but the wind is a clean cross-offshore from the NNW. The combined energy is 2682 – massive. This is a serious, powerful swell for those who know what they’re doing. The afternoon gets even bigger at 15ft, but the wind turns cross-shore and creates a cross-chop, so the quality drops even if the size is insane.

After that, the swell starts to fade and the wind turns bad. From Tuesday the 8th onwards, it drops off quickly. The swell is small, the period short, and the wind is onshore or cross-onshore. It’s a long, quiet spell. From the 9th of September all the way through to the 16th, the waves are small and weak, with combined energy struggling to get over 500. The winds are poor, and the conditions are consistently poor. That’s a solid week or more of flat, bumpy surf.

So, to sum it up: the best of the run is the glassy morning of Saturday the 5th of September for clean, fun waves. For the big stuff, the clean mornings of Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th of September are the expert windows. After that, it’s a long wait for the next pulse.

Rusty.

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