Rodiles - Main Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Rodiles – Main Beach.

Right out of the gate, I gotta be straight with you: this stretch of coast is in for a lean spell. We’ve got a 16-day window and the first few days are just… not happening. Honest. For the first week, from Wednesday afternoon the 12th all the way through the following Tuesday morning the 18th, it’s a total write-off. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the energy is weak – you’re looking at numbers like 56 to 97 for that combined energy, way too low to get excited. Just small, messy junk. You’ll save your energy waxing another board.

Now, we get a tiny glimmer on Sunday morning the 16th. A little spike of 4ft from the N, period is a short 7 seconds, so it’s a windswell. The water temp is 72°, feeling a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. But the magic is the wind: glass. Dead calm. The combined energy climbs to 217 – that’s moderate, you’ll feel some push – and that north swell direction is decent for the setup here. But it’s ordinary surf, nothing to call home about. You’d get a few small, crumby waves if you’re desperate. That tiny window passes quick.

We then drift into a long, flat gap through the rest of that week. Monday the 17th shows a glassy morning with a 3ft N swell, but the energy drops right off again (76). Tuesday the 18th is even smaller. It’s just not there.

Hold on, because things start to look a bit better as we push into the second week. Thursday morning the 20th has a 4ft from the NNE, with a cross-offshore W wind at 6 mph making it clean. Energy is back up to 223. That’s surfable, but still ordinary. The real standout, the one to keep an eye on, is Wednesday the 26th. The morning shows 4ft from the NW with a 10-second period – that’s a proper groundswell, with solid 332 for combined energy. The wind is cross-off from the W at 9 mph, keeping things clean. That’s the best energy of the whole run, but the forecast a week and a half out is less than certain. Still, for a longer-period NW swell, Rodiles can handle it, and it’s the one you want to watch.

Thursday morning the 27th wraps it up with a glassy 3ft NW swell, energy at 160, but it’s small and fading. By then, we’re out of puff.

So the only real highlight, if you can call it that, is that Sunday morning the 16th for a glassy paddle if you’re desperate. The one to keep on the back burner is Wednesday the 26th – that’s the best chance for any real push, but don’t book the day off work just yet. The rest is a lot of flat and poor conditions.

Rusty.

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