Thirroul Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with ya – the next 16 days at Thirroul are a real mixed bag, and mostly a frustrating one. For the first two weeks, we’re starved of any decent swell. There’s a bit of energy around, but nothing that’ll get you out of bed. Then, right at the very end, we finally get a pulse of proper size. Let’s run through it.

The pattern starts quiet. Monday the 3rd of August, we’ve got a tiny 2ft SE swell with a combined energy of 126 (moderate), but it’s cross-off and the waves are just ordinary. Not worth paddling out for. Tuesday the 4th through the start of the second week is a long, dry spell. The swell drops to almost nothing – 0.7ft to 1.0ft – with weak energy readings (17 to 26). The wind is often cross-off or even glassy on Wednesday the 5th afternoon, but there’s just no wave to ride. That’s a solid gap of nearly no surf, days with nothing to recommend.

We get a few flickers of life around Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th, with 2ft to 2ft swells and energy in the 66 to 81 range, but the winds are messy and the conditions are poor. Saturday the 8th morning goes glassy with a 3ft S swell (energy 125 – moderate), but it’s still small and ordinary. The whole first week and into the second is a grind of small, weak, or wind-affected surf. The best of the mediocre stuff is probably the glassy windows on the 5th afternoon and 8th morning, but honestly, you’re better off waiting.

Then, we get a bit of a pulse on Tuesday the 11th afternoon with a 4ft NE swell and energy jumping to 281 (moderate), but the wind is cross-shore and messy. Wednesday the 12th afternoon sees a similar 4ft NE swell with stronger energy (383), but again, not clean. It’s marginal, not recommended.

The standout – and I mean the only real standout in the whole 16 days – comes on Tuesday the 18th of August. The swell finally arrives. We’re looking at a 7ft S swell on Tuesday morning, with a combined energy of 840 (strong), building to 8ft S in the afternoon with energy hitting 1447 (very strong). That’s a proper south groundswell, with a 9 to 10-second period, so it’ll have some punch. The catch? The wind is light cross-onshore, so it won’t be perfect, but at this size, Thirroul will be firing. At over 8ft by the afternoon, this is expert-only territory. The swell direction is S, which is close to the optimum SE for the break, so it’ll wrap in nicely. If you’re experienced, this is the session to aim for. It’s a long way out, so keep an eye on the forecasts, but this is the one.

Alright, that’s the story. Thirroul has a long quiet spell before a late, solid pulse. Stay patient.

Rusty.

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