Squeaky Beach (Wilsons Promontory) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Squeaky Beach has in store for us.

Right off the bat, the next week and a half is a write-off for decent waves. Strong winds and messy, poor conditions dominate the outlook. From Tuesday the 15th right through to Monday the 21st, we’re looking at onshore and cross-onshore winds, lumpy, choppy surf, and no real quality on offer. Swell energy does get up there, with readings around 415 to well over 2000, but it’s all blown out. The water temp anomaly isn't given here, so we'll just say it’s doing its thing for this time of year.

Things start to change a little on Tuesday the 22nd of September. The morning sees a clean, cross-off breeze with 4.3ft swell from the SW, period a solid 15 seconds, and energy sitting at 803. It’s still not epic, but it’s a step up. Then Tuesday afternoon is the first real standout. The wind goes offshore from the east, light at 15 km/h, with 4.3ft of clean, long-period SW groundswell (16 secs). Combined energy is 967, and conditions are expected to be very good. This will be clean and surfable for a range of abilities – not too big, not too small.

Wednesday the 23rd drops right back off. Swell drops to 2.6ft and then 2.0ft, with glassy conditions in the afternoon but tiny energy readings of 248 and 156. Thursday and Friday are similar – small, clean but weak.

Now, the real highlight of the whole outlook lands on Saturday the 26th of September. Saturday morning is glassy, dead calm, with 5.9ft of SW swell, a long 16-second period, and energy at 1513. That’s excellent surf for experienced surfers. Saturday afternoon is even better for the more skilled crew: 6.2ft from the SW, a very long 19-second period, energy jumping to 2734, and a light cross-off breeze. These are proper groundswell waves. At this size and period, it’s going to be powerful and best handled by those who know what they’re doing. The beach break setup might make it a bit straight-running with that long period, but the quality of the swell and the clean conditions make this the top pick.

Sunday the 27th still has some good leftover energy. Morning is glassy with 4.9ft, 17-second swell, energy at 1302 – very good conditions. The afternoon stays clean but drops back a touch.

After that, Monday the 28th onwards goes back into poor, windy, and small surf. So the window is clear: the standout days are Tuesday the 22nd afternoon, and especially Saturday the 26th. If you can only paddle out once, make it Saturday.

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