Thirroul Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at your local stretch.

Honestly, for the next week and a bit, the surf is pretty quiet and ordinary. There’s a bit of swell but it’s mostly small and lacking any real punch to get excited about. We do have a few standouts later on, but you’ll need to be patient.

On Wednesday the 2nd, we’ve got a small 2ft south swell rolling in with a period of 10 seconds, but the wind is a messy cross-off, and the combined swell energy is just 109. It’s surfable but nothing you’d write home about. Thursday is much the same, with the swell dropping to 2ft and the combined energy down around 80-85. That afternoon, the wind picks up from the west at 20 km/h, which is cross-off and keeps things clean, but the waves are small and weak.

Friday the 4th morning, there’s a slight improvement. Still small at 2ft from the south, but the wind goes offshore from the west at 10 km/h, and the combined energy bumps up to 123. It’s still very ordinary – not worth paddling out for unless you’re desperate. That afternoon goes glassy with northerly wind at 5 km/h, but the swell drops to 2ft at only 7 seconds, and the energy plummets to 54. Weak.

Saturday the 5th is more of the same: 2ft, 9-second south swell, cross-off from the north at 10 km/h. Combined energy of 57. Really uninspiring.

Then we hit a dry spell Sunday the 6th through to Friday the 12th. Most of those days are onshore or cross-onshore, with bumpy or choppy conditions. There’s a bit of size on Sunday the 12th – a 5ft south swell that morning – but it’s accompanied by heavy rain and onshore easterly wind at 25 km/h, making it a complete mess. Combined energy of 360 means there’s power, but the quality is poor. That setup would be more fun for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer.

Now here’s where things get interesting. Sunday the 13th is the standout of this entire outlook. We get a south swell building to 6ft with a period of 8 seconds – not a long groundswell, but solid. The wind is cross-off from the north-northwest at 15 km/h, and the combined swell energy hits a strong 887. That’s proper wave energy, and at Thirroul, a beach-and-reef setup, this will hold some good lines. It’s in the intermediate-to-expert zone at that size, and given the exposure to a south swell, it’ll be pumping. The offshore direction is a little off the optimum south-east, but the conditions should be clean. Crowds are sometimes an issue here, so you might have company. This is the best on offer.

Sunday afternoon still has a solid 5ft swell and 378 combined energy, with the wind shifting to a lighter cross-off from the northwest. Still good, but the peak of the swell is in the morning.

The following week – from Monday the 14th onward – looks like it tails off again into smaller, onshore slop, with weak energy and poor conditions. Nothing to plan around out that far. If you want a wave, aim for the morning of Sunday the 13th.

Stay keen, but be ready to wait.

Rusty

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