Seaford Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – this is one of those outlooks where you might wanna give the board a rest. Seaford Reef is the only option on the table, and honestly, it’s looking pretty grim across the full 16-day window. Everything’s flagged as poor surf conditions, so there’s no real standout session to get excited about.

Right now, starting Thursday the 3rd, we’ve got some rain showers and onshore wind from the west at 16 mph, whipping up a weak 4 ft wind swell from the west with a short, choppy 5-second period. The combined energy is a paltry 82 – just weak, no power behind it. Water temp is sitting at 59°F, which is about average for this time of year with only a minor positive anomaly. Thursday afternoon drops even further to a tiny 2 ft. Friday the 4th is flat as a tack – 1 ft from the west-southwest with a longer 9-second period but cross-shore winds making it messy. The real kicker comes Saturday the 5th: a brief pulse of 6 ft from the west, but it’s wind-driven with a period of just 7 seconds, and westerly winds howling at 25 mph. The combined energy hits 326 (moderate), but with that onshore gale, it’ll be a washing machine – only for the well-equipped or maybe kite surfers.

From Sunday the 6th right through to Friday the 18th, it’s basically a desert. Swell heights hover around 0.3 ft to 2 ft, with periods occasionally stretching to 15 seconds, but the energy never tops 11 – that’s weak as dishwater. Winds are mostly light and variable – there’s a few glimpses of clean conditions with offshore or cross-off breezes, particularly on Monday the 7th with light south-southeast winds, and again on Thursday the 10th with offshore east winds. But with barely a ripple of swell, clean glass doesn’t mean a thing. The best you could hope for is a knee-high dribble from a 0.7 ft south-west groundswell on Monday the 7th, but that’s not worth paddling out for.

Seaford Reef is an inconsistent, sheltered reef break suited to beginners, and it’s often crowded when it works – but right now, there’s nothing to draw a crowd. The optimum swell direction is west-southwest, and we do see that direction pop up, but the size and energy are laughable. After Saturday’s brief messy bump, there’s a long, dead stretch from Sunday the 6th all the way to the end of the forecast on the 18th – over a week of nothing. It’s the sort of blank run that’s more normal for this area, but it still stings. Forecasts can change, but right now, save your energy and wax for another day.

Rusty.

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