The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this out there. The next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. There’s a lot of wind and chop out there, and not a whole lot of clean, pushable surf for the most part. But we might have a couple of windows where the stars align, and if you’re patient, you could get a few decent ones.

The first few days are pretty rough. The swell is small and the wind has a lot of cross in it, so the surface is going to be messy. It’s not looking like a good time to be paddling out to be honest. The energy is weak, and the period is short, so it’ll be pretty gutless.

Then we get a real standout on the morning of Sunday, the 9th. The wind goes completely glassy, and we have a clean 3.3ft of east swell. The energy jumps up to a moderate 202, and the period is a workable 9 seconds. That’s the window to be out there. The groyne itself is a reef, so it’ll hold that shape well. This is the pick of the first week.

The rest of that week stays rideable but nothing special. The swell hovers around that 2.3ft to 3ft mark, but the wind keeps messing with it. There’s a bit of a drop-off in energy towards the end of the week, and the surf gets smaller and more disorganised.

The following week, starting around the 17th, we see a definite pulse of new energy. The swell height kicks up, and the combined energy gets strong, especially on the 19th, where it jumps right up to 946. But here’s the catch – the wind is on it the whole time, blowing a solid cross-onshore. The period is still short too. So even though there’s more water moving, it’s going to be a lumpy, chopped-up mess. The groyne is an exposed reef, so it’s going to take the full brunt of that wind. At that size, around 6.2ft, it’ll be too big for beginners, and with that wind, it’ll be a real grinder for anyone else. It honestly looks like it’ll be more interesting for kite surfers than us paddle surfers.

After that pulse, things start to fade again through the 20th and 21st, dropping back down to under 3ft. There’s more wind and showers around, so the surf quality stays poor. The last few days of the window see the swell shrink right down to 1.6ft with hardly any energy behind it. It’s a flat spell to end on.

So, keep your eyes on that Sunday morning the 9th, that’s your one proper standout. The long-range stuff around the 19th has some size, but the conditions just won’t be there for it. It’s a waiting game.

Alright, that’s the look. Stay stoked.

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