Suicides Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way.

Honestly, mate, it’s a tough stretch ahead. The next week and a half is looking pretty grim for a proper paddle. We’re talking about Suicides, a solid reef break that takes a NNW swell, but the wind is just relentless. For the first week, it’s a constant battle with onshore and cross-onshore northerlies, gusting up to 19 mph or more, just chopping everything up. The swell is there, but it’s all short-period, wind-affected junk. The water is sitting at 75°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s the only thing that’s comfortable.

We get a bit of a pulse on the 7th and 8th of September, with some long-period groundswell from the NW, pushing the combined energy up into the 300s and 380s, but the wind is still cross-on from the north, so it’s just a messy, lumpy, blown-out wall. Not worth the paddle out, unless you’re a masochist for a beatdown.

The real glimmer of hope – and I mean a tiny one – comes on the morning of Monday, the 14th of September. The wind finally swings offshore from the SE at 12 mph, cleaning things up. The swell is small, only 2 ft from the north, with a short period, so the energy is low (147), but it’s the cleanest conditions we’ll see in the whole forecast. It’s the only window where you might get a few fun, clean lines on the reef. But don’t expect any size.

After that, it’s back into the doldrums. The following week sees the swell drop right off, with combined energy falling below 100, and the wind switching back to an onshore northerly direction. The 19th and 20th of September have a bit of small swell, but the wind is angled cross-on again, killing any chance of quality.

So, the standout, if you can even call it that, is that Monday morning the 14th. It’s not a day for the record books, but it’s the only time you’ll get clean, offshore conditions at Suicides. Everything else is a write-off for paddle surfing. The wind is just too strong and from the wrong direction for the entire first week, and the swell is too weak in the second. It’s a long, blank stretch.

Rusty.

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