Shelley Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks.

Overall, it’s a pretty dry spell for Shelley Beach. The first week is particularly rough, with a lot of days where the wind is just trash and the surf is messy. There’s a much better window of cleaner conditions that opens up in the second week, but it comes with a big drop in swell size. If you’re patient, there are a few sessions worth paddling for.

The pattern starts off rough. Tuesday afternoon, the 8th, has a bit of a bump at 6ft from the SSE, but the wind is onshore and the energy is only moderate (494). The session is a bust. Wednesday the 9th is a write-off too, with a messy morning and a howling 25 mph wind in the afternoon making a mess of an 8ft swell. Thursday morning the 10th offers the biggest swell of the entire period at 8ft from the S, and the energy is very strong (2321). With a period of 9 seconds, it’s got some grunt, but the wind is cross-shore, so it’s clean-ish but will be a bit lumpy. This is a big one for experienced surfers only, as it’s well over 8ft. The rest of the first week stays small, onshore, and not worth your time.

Things start to look up around the 14th. Monday morning, the 14th, is a standout. The swell is tiny at 3ft from the S, but the wind is glassy. The 12-second period means it’s a clean little groundswell running up the beach. The energy is low (203), but for a quiet, clean morning on a small board, it’s a treat. The water temp is a normal 65° for this time of year.

The best surf of the whole outlook is a string of days starting Friday the 18th. Friday morning has clean, offshore NNW wind on a 3ft S swell with a 12-second period (235 energy). It’s glassy and clean. Saturday morning the 19th is a special one. The swell is only 2ft, but the period is a massive 17 seconds. That’s a very long period groundswell. It’s clean with offshore NW wind. This is a real sweet spot for a longboard or a fish where the long wait between sets will be worth it for those smooth, drawn-out lines. The energy is low (220), but the quality is high. Sunday morning the 20th follows with a similar 3ft S swell at 12 seconds and clean offshore wind (251 energy). Monday the 21st morning is the last of the good run, with a slight bump in size to 4ft from the S, still clean with a light cross-offshore wind (344 energy). After that, the wind turns back onshore and the swell fades away to nothing by the end of the period.

So, the standout picks are the glassy morning on the 14th for a clean, easy session, and the back-to-back mornings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th for the cleanest, longest-period waves you’ll see in this whole forecast. The 19th with that 17-second period is the real gem – any bigger and it would be a world-class point break wave, but for Shelley Beach, it’s a special morning.

Rusty.

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