10th Street (Avalon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, grab a coffee, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks around 10th Street (Avalon). To be honest, mate, it’s a pretty flat and quiet picture for most of the run. The combined swell energy is weak, with values mostly in the low teens to sixties, and the wave heights are tiny. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing worth paddling out for, so don’t bother checking the surf cam every morning.

The first week is basically a write-off. From Friday, August 28th, right through to the end of the month, we’re looking at ankle-snappers at best. Swell heights are sitting between 0.7 ft and 2 ft, with periods mostly around 8 seconds or less – that’s short-period, weak windswell. The winds are a mess too, mostly cross-onshore, with a couple of glassy moments on Monday, August 31st, but the waves are just too small to do anything with. The first real chance of something rideable doesn’t show up until Wednesday, September 2nd. That morning we get a touch of offshore wind from the NW, and the swell bumps up to 2 ft with a period of 11 seconds. The combined energy pushes to 99, and by the afternoon it’s glassy with 2 ft at 10 seconds and energy at 110. That’s the best of the whole 16-day window, but it’s still a marginal day.

The water temperature is 77°F, which is 4°F warmer than the long-term average for this time of year – that’s notably warm, so you could probably get away with just boardshorts.

After that little blip, it drops right back off. The rest of the first week and into the second week is a ghost town. Thursday, September 3rd through to Monday, September 7th, the heights are between 0.7 ft and 2 ft, with periods either short or weak, and the energy is mostly in the teens. The winds are mixed – some clean offshore days, but there’s just no swell to work with. Tuesday, September 8th, we get a slight uptick again with 2 ft at 9 seconds and offshore NW winds at 20 km/h, with energy around 70. It’s surfable but very ordinary.

Looking further out, Wednesday, September 9th sees a brief spike to 4 ft from the SSW, but the period is a terrible 5 seconds and the wind is cross-onshore – that’s just lumpy, weak junk. The rest of the second week is more of the same: tiny waves, poor energy, and nothing to get excited about. The last day shown, Saturday, September 12th, has a fresh cross-shore NE wind at 30 km/h and 1 ft waves – that’s a kite day, not a paddle day.

So the real standout, if you can call it that, is Wednesday, September 2nd. It’s the only session where the energy breaks into three digits and the wind gives you a clean window. The swell direction is SE, which is coming from the side for this spot, but with the offshore and glassy conditions, it’s your best bet for a few fun little waves.

Rusty.

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