Shida Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's see what’s cookin'.

Honestly, the next week or so is pretty quiet for Shida. We’re lookin’ at a stretch of small, cross-shore, and often ordinary conditions right through till around Friday the 21st. A few afternoons do clean up a little, like Tuesday the 18th and Thursday the 20th, but those waves are only around 3 ft to 3 ft and pretty weak, with energy around that 160-174 mark. Not much to get excited about. Friday morning the 21st goes glassy with the wind light out of the SE, but again, tiny and gutless.

The real story fires up on Sunday the 23rd. That’s when things change. The swell bumps up to 6 ft to 7 ft from the SSW, period around 6-7 seconds, and we get clean offshore winds. Energy jumps to 494-556. That afternoon is lookin’ very good for a surf.

But the standout – and I mean the real standout – is Monday the 24th. We got a solid SSE groundswell, 5 ft in the morning building to a solid 8 ft in the afternoon, with a very long period of 16-17 seconds. That’s proper groundswell, and the numbers back it up: 1313 in the morning and a massive 4472 in the afternoon. Toss in clean, gentle offshore winds from the south, and you’ve got excellent, powerful surf for experienced surfers. This is the pick of the whole forecast, but with swell over 8 ft, it ain’t for beginners. That long period will make it a bit straight at the beach, but on a reef or point, it’d be unreal.

Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th see the swell get even bigger – 10 ft to 12 ft – but the notes say it’s just too big for this break. The energy is crazy, over 3800-4500, but it’s more of a show than a go for most. Wind and tide are fine, but the waves are overwhelming.

After that, it drops off hard. From Thursday the 27th onward, we get messy cross-onshore winds, dropping swell, and poor conditions through to the end of the month. The 29th and 30th have some cross-off wind but the swell is tiny (2 ft-3 ft) and the wind is fresh to strong, with thunderstorms possible.

In short: The next week is small and ordinary. Sunday the 23rd is the turn-around, and Monday the 24th is the absolute highlight – big, clean, powerful swell for those who can handle it. After that, it’s a wipeout for a few days.

Rusty.

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