The Spit Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next two weeks at The Spit are looking pretty ordinary. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf ahead, and honestly, you might want to find something else to do for most of it. The swell’s hanging around, but the wind and direction are just not doing us any favors. The water’s sitting at 68° and that’s a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll want the wetsuit on if you do go out.

We kick off Sunday the 16th with a fresh SSE breeze making things lumpy and cross-shore. There’s about 4ft of short-period swell but it’s messy, and the energy is weak at 138. The whole of Sunday is a write-off. Monday and Tuesday the 17th and 18th see the swell bump up to 5ft with moderate to fresh cross-onshore winds chopping it up. Still no good. The energy comes up a bit to around 265-286, but it’s all for nothing when it’s that messy.

Wednesday the 19th drops slightly to 5ft but it’s still cross-onshore and choppy. Thursday the 20th gets a bit weaker with a 3ft swell in the morning and a 4ft in the afternoon, but still that cross-shore chop. It’s not until Friday the 21st that we get a glimmer. Friday morning is glassy with a NW wind at 5 km/h, and we’ve got a clean 3ft easterly swell. It’s surfable, but ordinary. The energy is weak at 111, and the period is only 8 seconds, so it’s not going to be powerful. It’s about the best of a bad bunch.

Saturday the 22nd has a clean afternoon with an offshore WSW breeze, but the swell is down to 3ft and weak. Sunday the 23rd is back to poor and messy. Monday the 24th has another glassy morning with 4ft of swell, but the period is only 6 seconds and the energy is a bit higher at 184, but still weak. It’s another ordinary, surfable morning.

From Tuesday the 25th through to Friday the 28th, the swell just fades. It’s a lot of nothing, under 3ft, with cleaning winds at times but hardly any waves to ride. The energy drops into the 30s and 50s, which is weak.

Then we get a little pulse for the final days of the month. Saturday the 29th morning is glassy with a 5ft NE swell, but the period is a short 6 seconds. It’s surfable, but that short period won’t have any push. Sunday the 30th morning is also glassy with 4ft, but the afternoon pulls in a bigger 5ft NNE swell with a 7-second period. The energy jumps to 323, which is moderate. It’s promising, but still short-period and at this spot that could be a bit walled. Still, it’s probably the standout of the whole window, just on the sheer size and clean conditions. The 31st is back to poor again with fresh cross-onshore winds.

So, best on offer? Friday the 21st morning for a clean, small wave, and that Sunday the 30th morning looks like the pick of the bunch – a bit more size and glassy conditions. The Spit (The-Spit) is a river break, and with that short-period windswell, it won’t be grinding, but it’ll be something. Unless things change, this is a pretty flat and messy run.

Rusty.

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