Rockpiles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get stuck into this 16-day outlook for Rockpiles. It’s a reef setup, dead exposed to the swell, and it’s gonna be a bit of a waiting game for the good stuff.

The ocean’s been a bit of a mess, but the real story starts to unfold on Wednesday the 9th. We’ve got a clean little window of surf that’s worth paddling out for. The days before that, Tuesday the 8th, are a total write-off with rain showers and a strong onshore wind hitting 19 mph, pushing a messy 8 ft swell around. Not worth your time.

The standout morning is Wednesday the 9th. The wind swings light from the ENE at 6 mph, giving us a clean, cross-off breeze. The swell is a tidy 3 ft from the SSW with a long period of 14 seconds. That’s proper groundswell, and for a reef like Rockpiles, that’s going to line up nicely. The water is a balmy 81°F, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no wetsuit needed. The combined swell energy is moderate at 521, but the quality is what counts. This is your best bet for the whole run.

The pattern holds through Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday morning, but on Thursday the 10th, the swell jumps to 5 ft but with a short, weak period of 7 seconds from the ENE. That’s choppy, wind-affected slop, even with clean conditions. The scores are low, and it’s a miss.

Friday the 11th has a similar story: 4 ft to 4 ft of short-period ENE swell around 11 seconds. The wind stays cross-off, but the energy is just a bit weak (779 peak). It’s surfable, but it’s not the promise of Wednesday.

The rest of the first week and into the second week, from Saturday the 12th through to early the following week, the swell drops off a cliff. Swell heights hover around 1 ft to 2 ft. The period is decent enough (up to 22 seconds on Monday the 14th), but there’s just no size to push the waves. The combined energy dips from 438 down to 106. It’s flat and clean, but not worth the drive.

The second week gets a little more interesting around Wednesday the 16th of September. The swell picks up a touch to 3 ft from the SW with a very long period of 18 seconds. The wind is light from the ENE at 9 mph, and the water is still warm. The energy is moderate at 536. This is the second-best call of the outlook, but it’s a long way out. The long period means it’ll be fat and wally at the beach breaks, but Rockpiles being a reef, it should handle it.

After that, from Thursday the 17th, the wind starts to howl again, hitting 19 to 22 mph from the ENE. The swell mixes up with some short-period ENE junk (5 ft at 8 seconds) and some longer period SSW groundswell, but that strong wind will mess with the surface.

Honestly, if you’re free, make the call for Wednesday the 9th. That’s the day. The rest of the month is a case of watching the charts and hoping the wind settles.

Rusty, out.

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