Seaford Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, swapping over to feet and knots for you.

Let’s be honest, Seaford Reef is not playing ball at all over this whole stretch. It’s a sheltered, inconsistent reef that needs everything to line up, and nothing is coming together. There’s a long, dry gap right from the start.

The first week is a total loss. From Monday the 14th through Saturday the 19th, we’re looking at swell barely reaching 3 ft, with periods hanging around 4-6 seconds. The wave energy is pathetic – in the teens and twenties, peaking at only 99 on Saturday the 19th. Winds are mostly onshore or cross, and on Tuesday the 15th a fresh breeze chops it all up. There’s a glass-off on Thursday the 17th morning, but with only 0.3 ft of swell and an energy reading of 3, you could waterski and not catch a wave.

Into the second week, it doesn’t get better. Sunday the 20th brings the biggest swell of the whole period at 6 ft from the WSW, but it’s a short-period 6-second windswell, and it’s being hammered by an onshore wind at 18 mph. The combined energy hits 187, but it’s a messy, blown-out heap of water. After that, it’s back to tiny, weak leftovers. On Monday the 21st, we get a brief offshore breeze from the east with 1 ft swell from WSW, and a clean surface, but the energy is only 33 – too small to bother.

From Wednesday the 23rd right through to Tuesday the 29th September, it’s all sub-2 ft slop with energy dropping to single digits. Winds are onshore or cross-onshore most of the time. There’s a glassy moment on Saturday the 26th morning with 3 ft of 5-second swell from the WSW, but with a weak 42 energy and the wind turning cross-onshore by afternoon, it’s a dud.

This reef is a tricky, rarely-breaking spot, and this run is a classic washout. There are zero standout sessions – nothing that would get a surfer out of bed. No good waves, no clean windows, just a lot of nothing. Forecasts can shift, but right now, it’s a solid bust.

Rusty.

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