Sandtracks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, this is a tough stretch. The first surfable day is Friday, the 4th, and it's a grind from there. The wind is a constant problem—it's cross-shore and fresh, blowing at 30 km/h or more, just ruining things. The swell is moving around a lot, but the conditions are so messy it's hard to get excited.

We're looking at Sandtracks, a reef break. It's fairly consistent and exposed, and it likes a swell from the SSE. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

The first real glimmer of hope comes on Sunday afternoon, the 6th. The wind drops to a gentle breeze at 15 km/h, and the swell is a solid 7 ft from the SSW with a long 14-second period. The combined energy is a strong 3757. It's still cross-shore, but the chop is slight, and the score bumps up. It's not perfect, but it's the best we'll see for a while.

Then Monday, the 7th, looks like a washout. The swell absolutely pumps up to 16 ft from the SSW with a 15-second period, and the energy is a massive 12934, but the wind is a fresh cross-onshore at 35 km/h. That's just a messy, dangerous wall of water. For the experts only, and even then, it's a maybe. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The rest of the first week and into the second is a blur of fresh cross-shore winds and marginal to poor surf. There's a brief window on Tuesday afternoon, the 8th, with a light onshore breeze and a 4 ft SSW swell, but it's marginal. After that, the swell drops off and the wind stays onshore or cross-shore, keeping the quality poor. From Wednesday the 9th right through to Saturday the 19th, it's a long run of small, weak, or messy surf. The swell doesn't get above 5 ft, and the energy is mostly in the hundreds, with that relentless fresh wind.

There's a tiny flicker on Tuesday, the 15th, with a 3 ft swell from the SW at a very long 20 seconds, but the energy is still weak and the wind is fresh and cross-shore. It's a long, drawn-out period that might be too straight for the beach at Sandtracks, but it's a reef break, so it could hold. Still, not worth paddling out for.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Sunday afternoon, the 6th. It's the only time the wind relaxes and the swell is decent. Get on it if you can, because after that, it's a long drought. The forecast for the second week is just more of the same: small, windy, and poor. Don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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