The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for The Groyne over the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you—it’s a lean run. This reef break is fairly consistent, but the next 16 days are mostly a write-off for proper waves. There’s a gap right from the start with nothing worth paddling out for until the morning of Thursday the 3rd of September, and even then it’s only scraping a 1 out of 10. The whole stretch is peppered with poor surf conditions and messy winds, so you’ll be waiting a while for anything decent.

The best of a bad lot pops up on Monday afternoon, the 14th of September. We’ve got a clean offshore breeze from the WNW at 10 km/h, which is a beauty for a reef break like this—it’ll keep the face smooth. Swell is tiny though, only 2ft from the ENE, with a period of 6 seconds, so it’s weak energy (51). It’s surfable but very ordinary—think small, crumbly waves for a longboard or a mid-length. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so nothing wild there. Crowds are sometimes an issue here, with the optimum swell direction from the SE, and we’re getting ENE, so it’s not lining up perfectly. Still, for the window we’ve got, this is the standout—just don’t expect much.

The afternoon of Tuesday the 15th of September offers similar tiny 3ft ENE swell (80 energy) but with a cross-onshore breeze from the NE at 15 km/h, chopping it up. Not worth the drive. The rest of the period is mostly small, short-period slop with cross or onshore winds, or clean but flat mornings like Saturday the 12th of September—glassy conditions but only 2ft of swell (76 energy), and very ordinary. There’s a bump in energy on Thursday the 10th of September (4ft SE swell, 163 energy), but cross-onshore winds at 25 km/h ruin it for surfing. That setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Overall, if you’re desperate, the 14th is your shot. Otherwise, it’s a long wait.

Rusty.

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