Sixtynine Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: this 16-day window is a tough one. The swell is tiny, the energy is mostly weak, and we’ve got a long stretch of flatness before anything even raises a pulse. Don’t get too excited yet, but there’s a glimmer of something rideable late in the piece.

We’re looking at a run of poor surf from now through the 17th. It’s small, weak, and mostly blown out or just plain gutless. On the 8th and 9th, we’ve got nothing but ripples and crossed-up junk. The 9th afternoon does go glassy with a whisper of west swell at 1ft, but it’s still a shadow. The 10th and 11th are similar – glassy windows but the swell is barely there, with energy readings in the single digits to low 20s (8 to 21). It’s the kind of stuff that has you sitting on the sand watching for ten minutes before you even bother waxing up.

From the 12th through the 17th, the swell stays stuck around 0.7ft to 1ft, mostly west-northwest with periods in the 10 to 13 second range. The energy picks up a touch to the 20s and 30s (21 to 33), but it’s still marginal. The mornings are often crossed-up, and the afternoons are cleaner but with hardly any push. The 13th and 17th have moderate cross-shore winds that are going to chop up what little shape there is. Honestly, if you’re a kite surfer, some of these afternoons with the cross-shore breeze and glassy patches might look more fun than trying to paddle a 1ft ripple.

The first real hint of something better shows up on Tuesday the 18th. The swell bumps to 1ft from the west-northwest, with a period stretching to 13–14 seconds. The energy jumps to 68–69, which is still weak-to-moderate, but it’s the most we’ve seen all week. The morning is onshore, but the afternoon goes glassy and the wave comment finally says “surfable waves.” It’s not firing, but it’s the first time you’d actually paddle out and catch a few.

The 19th and 20th keep that 1ft west-northwest swell, but the winds are onshore and the energy fades back to the 40s and 50s (40 to 58). It’s still poor, just less terrible. The 21st and 22nd bring a shift: the swell direction swings to the southwest, and the period jumps to 16 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell signal, but the size is still locked at 1ft. The energy sits in the 60s (59 to 69), which is moderate, but it’s a long-period swell hitting a beach break. That means it might break too straight and close out, and with the small size, it’s more of a promise than a payoff. The winds are light cross-onshore, so it won’t be clean, but it’s the most interesting swell direction of the whole window.

So, the standout – and I use that term loosely – is the afternoon of the 18th. That’s the one session where everything aligns just enough: 1ft from the west-northwest, 13-second period, glassy conditions. It’s not big, but it’s clean and it’s the only real window of surfable waves. The 21st and 22nd have more grunt in the period, but the direction is less ideal for this spot and the winds aren’t helping. That southwestern groundswell is promising if the size ever comes up, but it’s a long-range call and I wouldn’t book the day off work for it.

Bottom line: we’re in a flat spell. The consistent-but-tiny run from the 8th to the 17th is a grind, and the 18th is your best bet for a paddle. After that, it’s waiting on that southwest energy to fill in, but that’s a call for next week. Stay patient, keep the board waxed, and check back in.

Rusty.

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