Squeaky Beach (Wilsons Promontory) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a yarn about what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks. First thing to say is, it’s a pretty tough stretch ahead. There are some solid pulses of swell, but the wind is a real curse for most of it, keeping things messy. We’re looking at a spot that’s fairly consistent, but the conditions are going to make you work for it.

Right now, we’re in a quiet patch, but the first real chance to paddle out is later this week. The standout session, if you can call it that, is looking like Saturday 19 September morning at Squeaky Beach (Wilsons Promontory). The swell is only 3 ft from the SW, but the wind goes glassy, with a light SSE breeze, which is absolute gold for cleanliness. The water temp is sitting at 56°, which is about average for the time of year with a water temperature anomaly of 1°. The combined swell energy is moderate at 334, so don’t expect a power session, but the glassy conditions will make the most of it for beginners. The break is fairly consistent, but it is Squeaky Beach, so crowds are possible at times. It’s best suited for beginners.

Now, the window before that is rough. We get a brief flicker of hope on the afternoon of Friday 11 September when the swell is 4 ft from the SW with a very long period of 15 seconds – that’s proper groundswell energy, ideal for points and reefs if you had them, but here it’s a beach setup so it might break a bit straight. The wind is light onshore, so it’s marginal, only a 1 out of 10 call. Then Saturday 12 September morning sees a clean 4 ft SW swell with a period of 16 seconds and a light offshore WNW breeze – that’s the kind of combo that gets your heart rate up. The combined energy is 718, moderate stuff, but the score is still only 2 out of 10 because it’s borderline. Not quite there.

From there, things tank. Sunday 13 September has a tiny 3 ft swell, but the afternoon goes glassy with an ESE breeze – a tease of clean conditions on tiny waves. Then we get slammed by onshore gales through the middle of the week, with a big 7 ft SW swell on Tuesday 15 September but cross-onshore winds at 19 mph – that’s a mess, purely for the committed.

The other standout window is Thursday 24 September afternoon, which is 10 days out so take it with a grain of salt. It shows a 4 ft WSW swell with a period of 15 seconds, combined energy of 574, and the wind goes glassy with a light ESE breeze. That’s a classic clean-up set, but it’s a long-range call – promising, but not locked in.

Honestly, if you don’t want to fight the wind for two weeks, this stretch looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on the bigger, messier days with strong cross-onshore winds. The gaps are long – we’ve got days of no recommendations between events. But Squeaky Beach is fairly consistent, so it likely won’t stay poor forever.

Keep an eye on Saturday 19 September and maybe that final Thursday 24 September window if you’re patient. The rest is a write-off.

Rusty.

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