Turimetta Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here.

Look, it’s a mixed bag for Turimetta Beach over the next couple of weeks. The opening weekend has a moment that’s genuinely worth getting excited about, but after that, we’re looking at a lot of ordinary, windy days and a big, messy swell event that’s only for the brave. There’s a long stretch of quiet, poor-quality surf from the middle of the second week right through to the end of the forecast period.

The standout is Saturday morning, September 12th at Turimetta Beach. It’s a beauty. We’ve got 4ft of south swell, with a period of 12 seconds – that’s proper groundswell, giving the waves some real shape and energy. The wind is glassy from the north-northeast at just 3 mph. That is about as clean as it gets, and you’ll be surfing smooth, lined-up sets. The combined wave energy is solid at 621 (moderate energy), so there’s plenty of push for an intermediate board. It’s a beach and reef setup, so keep an eye on the tide, but with those conditions, it’s the clear winner.

Come Saturday afternoon, the wind swings east-northeast and jumps to 12 mph, turning it cross-onshore and choppy. That one’s a write-off. Sunday morning is cross-shore with a light chop and smaller 3ft swell – marginal at best. Sunday afternoon is a no-go with a fresh 16 mph cross-onshore.

Monday the 14th morning offers a clean window with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell has dropped to 2ft. Surfable, but nothing to race for. Monday afternoon sees the swell jump to 4ft but with a short-period 6-second windswell and a cross-shore wind – it’ll be bumpy and weak.

Then comes the big one. Wednesday, September 16th – a strong south swell pushes through, hitting 13ft with a 10-second period by the afternoon. The combined energy is a massive 3216 (very strong wave energy). This is expert-only territory, and it’s lumpy and messy with a fresh cross-shore wind at 22 mph. Thursday is similar, with 10ft to 8ft and a rough cross-shore chop. Not for the faint-hearted, and honestly, the quality is poor for a standard paddle session – if anything, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Things settle down by Friday morning, September 18th, with a clean 5ft south-southeast swell and a light cross-offshore breeze. It’s clean, but the period is short at 8 seconds, so the waves will be a bit weak and crumbly. Saturday morning September 19th is glassy again but with only 2ft – a tiny, clean bump.

From Sunday the 20th onward, it’s a long, flat, and quiet run. We’ve got a gap of about five days with next to no good surf. Small swells, onshore winds, and poor quality dominate right through to the 27th. A couple of glimpses of 5ft and 6ft pop up around the 25th and 27th, but the wind is never clean, and the condition notes are poor or marginal.

So, in short: get out Saturday morning, September 12th. That’s the one. The rest is mostly a write-off, with a solid swell mid-week that’s only for the experienced and a long flat spell to finish.

- Rusty

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