The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for The Groyne over the next couple weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a pretty bleak run. This is one of those stretches where you’re better off leaving the boards in the car and just having a walk along the beach. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off for any kind of decent surf. We’ve got day after day of “poor surf conditions” stamped all over the data, so don’t get your hopes up.

Let’s break it down. The water’s sittin’ at 68°, which is a bit colder than you’d expect for this time of year – about a degree and a half off the mark, so you’ll feel that chill if you do paddle out.

Tuesday the 1st is a non-starter. Tiny 2ft E swell with a long 10-second period, but with onshore and cross-shore winds messing it up. The combined energy is weak, just 97, so there’s no power behind it. Wednesday and Thursday are the same story – small, messy, and choppy. The swell barely tickles 3ft on Thursday afternoon, but it’s a windswell with a period of only 4 seconds, so it’s all chop and no shape.

Friday the 4th through to Monday the 7th is more of the same drivel. Tiny waves, cross-shore winds, and energy readings in the 20s and 30s. Nothin’ to ride, really.

Now, we get a little spike on Saturday the 5th – the afternoon shows a 4ft NNE windswell with 107 energy, but it’s accompanied by a 19 mph cross-shore wind. That’s lumpy and ugly, not worth your time.

Thursday the 10th is the biggest swell of the whole run – 6ft from the SSE, with a solid 10-second period and 744 energy. That’s got some grunt, but the wind is a fresh 22 mph cross-onshore, creating lumpy, choppy conditions. This is a surf forecast that looks more like a kite-surfing day. The groyne’s a reef, so onshore wind at that size will make it a washout.

Saturday the 12th morning has the only “marginal” rating of the whole period – 5ft SE swell with 9-second period and 506 energy. It’s a decent amount of water, but the wind is onshore, and the comment says it’s questionable tide conditions. If you’re desperate, you could go look, but don’t expect much. The rest of that week is just more choppy, onshore junk.

So there you have it. A blank run. Very few consistent days, and the one or two that have any size get killed by the wind. This area tends to go quiet like this sometimes. Forecasts can change, but right now, there ain’t a single standout day.

Rusty.

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