Silva Island-P Land Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this next stretch is not going to have you sprinting for your board. We’ve got a long, drawn-out period of small, weak surf ahead, and you’re going to need to pick your moments carefully. The good news is, there are a few windows where the conditions line up just right for a fun session, even if it’s not going to be big.

We’re starting with a couple of mornings that are actually worth setting the alarm for. On Friday the 14th, first light at Silva Island-P Land (P Land) has that southwest swell at a modest `2ft`, but it’s arriving with a nice long `19` second period. The wind is dead glassy, and the water temp is about average for this time of year. The combined energy is weak, sitting at `243`, but it’s clean and lined up. This is about as good as it gets for the next while. Saturday morning the 15th is a similar story—same swell size `2ft`, a touch more energy at `302`, and glassy conditions again. If you can only get out once, make it one of these two mornings.

After that, it starts to fade. The swell drops, the periods shorten, and the afternoons get messy with those storm risks and cross-shore breezes. There’s a real gap from Saturday afternoon through to Monday the 17th where it’s not worth your time. The energy drops into the weak zone, and the surf gets poor.

We do get a little light at the end of the tunnel on Monday afternoon the 17th, but it’s only `2ft` and very ordinary. The next few days are more of the same—tiny surf, weak energy in the `100`s, and only the occasional morning glass-off. Tuesday the 18th has a clean morning with a light offshore, but again, it’s just `2ft` and nothing to write home about.

The second week is pretty bleak. From around the 20th through to the 24th, the swell stays in the `1ft` range, and the energy is consistently weak, often dipping below `100`. There’s a long period groundswell showing on the 23rd with a `20` second period, but the swell height is a piddly `1ft`—all that energy, nowhere to go. It’s a tease.

The final stretch from the 25th onward is flat out depressing. The swell drops to `0.7ft` on the 26th and 27th, with energy readings in the `30`s and `50`s. That’s about as weak as it gets. The last day on the 29th shows a slight pulse back to `2ft`, but it’s still average.

So, honestly, the only two standouts are the Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th mornings. They’re not big, but with that clean, glassy surface and the long-period southwest swell, Silva Island-P Land is going to be shapely and fun for the advanced crew. The lineup can get crowded sometimes, so get in early. Everything else is a write-off or a very marginal call for the patient.

Rusty.

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