Rolling Stones Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming our way this forecast period.

We start off with a bit of a slow start, but there's a real standout session that'll get the blood pumping later on. The first surfable window is a brief one Wednesday morning, the 9th of September. Rolling Stones is showing 5 feet of SE swell, 8-second period, with glassy conditions from a light W wind. The water's sitting at 55°, which is a touch under the norm for this time of year, but nothing too wild. The combined energy is a solid 327 (moderate), so there's some push. It's a good, clean option to get the week started, but it's fleeting.

The afternoon goes cross and messy, and Thursday is small and nothing to write home about. Friday the 11th brings a pulse of lumpy, cross-onshore 6-foot S swell (602 energy), but it's a bit of a write-off for a paddle. That afternoon, though, the wind drops to glass and we get a tiny 2-foot wave with a very long 18-second period, with 444 energy. That's a ghost-like groundswell that'll be peeling at this reef, but it's for the patient surfer.

Now, the real standout hits on Sunday the 13th of September. Rolling Stones is showing a solid 8 feet of S swell (14-second period) for the morning, with a massive 2187 combined energy (strong). The wind is light and cross-shore, making it very clean. This is a big, powerful swell, and at this size, it's serious – definitely for the experienced crew only. It holds into the afternoon with 7 feet and 1571 energy, though the wind goes straight onshore, so the morning is the pick.

Monday the 14th is still pumping with a 6-foot S swell (13s, 1185 energy) and beautiful WNW cross-offshore winds in the morning – that's going to be a fantastic, clean session. The water temp is still around that 55° mark, about average. After that, the swell slowly backs off through the middle of the week, with clean but smaller conditions.

The second week gets quieter. There's a few clean, glassy windows around the 19th and 23rd of September, with small, long-period S swells, but nothing that matches the energy of that first weekend. The 24th of September morning looks promising with a 3-foot S swell (16s, 600 energy) and glassy conditions, a nice way to round things out.

So, to boil it down: the best of the lot is Sunday morning, the 13th of September, and Monday morning, the 14th of September. Both offer a solid, clean, powerful groundswell at Rolling Stones, but it's strictly for the advanced crew. If you're a beginner, wait for the smaller, cleaner windows later in the period.

Rusty.

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